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.

Shalbourne

Major Settlement in the Parish of Shalbourne

Historical Forms

  • Scealdeburnan 955 BCS912 14th
  • S(c)aldeburne 1086 DB
  • Scaldiburne 1198 Abbr
  • Shaldeborne 1202 FF 1428 FA
  • Scaudiburna 1211 RBE
  • Scaudeburna 1214 Cur
  • Chaldeburne 1375 Cl
  • Chauburne 1540 L
  • Shalburne 1494 Ipm
  • Shawborne 1547 FF 1599 Recov

Etymology

'Shallow stream,' v. scealde , burna .