Sambourn
Major Settlement in the Parish of Sambourn
Historical Forms
- Samburne 714 BCS130 16th
- Samborne 1547 Monast
- Sandburne 1086 DB
- Sandburna c.1086 Evesham 1190
- Saundburne 1221,1232 Ass 1274 FF
- Sombo(u)rne 1316 FA 1327 SR 1535 VE
Etymology
'Sand stream,' v. burna . “Having its originall denomination from that little Sandy brook nigh unto which it stands” (Dugdale 564).