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.

Bournes Dingle

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ombersley

Etymology

This clearly takes its name from the family of Sir John Bourne who held Ombersley in the 16th cent. (VCH iii. 463).