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.

Barbourne

Early-attested site in the Parish of North Claines

Historical Forms

  • Beferburna 904 BCS608 11th
  • Bevreburna 1208 Fees36
  • Beverb(o)urne 1240 WoP 1275 Ass 1315 FF
  • Bereb(o)urn(e) 13th ADii
  • Berbourne 1392 Pat
  • Barborn 1445 IpmR
  • Barborne, Barbours Brook, Barbon Brook 1535 VE 1543 LP 1649 Surv

Etymology

'Beaver-stream,' v. beofor , burna .