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.

Lisburne

Other OS name in the Parish of South Brent

Historical Forms

  • Lesborne 1333 SR

Etymology

is Lesborne 1333SR (p) . v. burna . The first element may be OE læs , ' pasture . '