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.

Hurn

Other OS name in the Parish of Beverley

Historical Forms

  • the Hyrne 1577 BevRec
  • the Hurn 1595 ib

Etymology

is the Hyrne 1577 BevRec, the Hurn 1595 ib . ' Corner of land , ' v. hyrne .