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.

Great Wyburns

Other OS name in the Parish of Thundersley

Historical Forms

  • Wyberneswde 1253 ADv
  • Great Wybernes, little Wybernes woode 1554–6 Ct
  • Wybarnes wood 1578 Rental
  • Wayburn Wood 1777 C 1805 O

Etymology

is Wyberneswde 1253 AD v, Great Wybernes , little Wybernes woode 1554–6Ct , Wybarnes wood 1578Rental , Wayburn Wood 1777 C, 1805 O . Probably ' Wīgbeorn 's wood . '

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement