English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Wilburton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wilburton

Historical Forms

  • (on) Wilburhtune 970 BCS1268 12th
  • Wilburton, Wylburton 1251 ElyCouch 1499 et freq
  • Wilbertone 1086 DB 1553 Pat
  • Wilbertuna, Wilbertona, Wuilbertona 1086 InqEl
  • Wilbretone 1199 BM
  • Wylbyrton 1334 ElyCouch
  • Wilbirton 1336 SR
  • Wilbourton 1375–7 Pat

Etymology

'The farm of Wilburh ,' a woman's name found also in Wilbraham supra 137. v. tūn .