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.

Church Honeybourne

Major Settlement in the Parish of Church Honeybourne

Historical Forms

  • Huniburna 709 BCS125 c.1200 EveA c.1086 1190
  • Huniburne 1086 DB 1251 Ch
  • Hunigburne 1221 Ass
  • Honiburne 1275 SR 1291 Tax
  • Churchoniborne 1535 VE
  • Chappell Honniborne (1623 Marr)

Etymology

For this name v. Honeybrook supra 11. Church in distinction from Cow Honeybourne (Gl). This last was also known as Chappell Honniborne (1623 Marr), being a chapelry of Church Honeybourne.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site