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Bournstream

Other OS name in the Parish of North Nibley

Historical Forms

  • Bourn(e)stre(a)me 1575 TRMB 1619 BGxli
  • æt byrnes wyllan 940 BCS764

Etymology

, Bourn (e )stre (a )me 1575TRMB , 1619 BGxli , cf. also Bournfeld 1439 Ipm , Burnefelde , campo voc ' Burne 1575TRMB , v. burna ' stream ' , strēam ( a rare el . in p. ns . ) ; the source of the stream was called æt byrnes wyllan 940 BCS 764 .