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Re: Sambourne	Keith Briggs	Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:54:57 +0100	84 lines
Re: At 14:11 28/03/2012, you wrote: A 'sand' stream. PNWilts p159 ---- Bob Trubshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I'm trying to shed some light on the name of a seasonal stream > running to the north-west of	Richard Coates	Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:47:11 +0100	88 lines
At 14:11 28/03/2012, you wrote: A 'sand' stream. PNWilts p159 ---- Bob Trubshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I'm trying to shed some light on the name of a seasonal stream > running to the north-west of Avebury, Wilts. > > It's known locally as either the Horsbrook or the Sambourn(e). It > feeds into the Winterbourne which flows south to become the River > Kennet. > > Hosbrook is not problematical. But Sambourne suggests either the > 'half' or 'part' brook (which vaguely fits its relationship to the > much larger and longer Wintebourne) or the 'unity bourne' which (even > allowing for the sense of a confluence between the two) does not make > much sense to me. > > But could it be the 'summer bourne'? It's as dry as a bone every > summer (just like, as might be expected, the Winterbourne) but if I > head into the realms of speculation about a now-lost dam/pond it > could have held water into or through the summer. I am trying to > avoid such spe! cualtions but such a pond would be entirely appropriate > when pastoral farming dominated these chalk uplands. > > I would be very interested to know any thoughts about either this > Sambourne or any other similar names for minor watercourses. > > Thanks > > Bob -- Tom Ikins The Roman Map of Britain http://www.romanmap.com	Bob Trubshaw	Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:38:29 +0100	88 lines
Re: Sambourne	Jeremy Harte	Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:13:09 +0100	61 lines
Re: Sambourne	Tom Ikins	Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:11:15 +0000	46 lines
Sambourne	Bob Trubshaw	Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:50:39 +0100	36 lines
Re: Moche ado	Richard Coates	Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:54:33 +0000	151 lines
Re: Moche ado	Keith Briggs	Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:51:09 +0000	117 lines
Re: Moche ado	Richard Coates	Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:28:40 +0000	96 lines
Moche ado	Keith Briggs	Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:23:55 +0000	84 lines
Re: Shifnal	Keith Briggs	Sun, 18 Mar 2012 10:38:33 +0000	54 lines
Re: Harmondsworth (Middlesex)	Keith Briggs	Sun, 18 Mar 2012 09:38:29 +0000	30 lines
Harmondsworth (Middlesex)	ANTHONY APPLEYARD	Sat, 17 Mar 2012 14:29:51 +0000	47 lines
Re: Shifnal	John Freeman	Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:52:31 -0000	253 lines
Re: Shifnal	Jeremy Harte	Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:31:35 -0000	258 lines
Re: Shifnal	Tom Ikins	Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:26:38 -0400	87 lines
Athenas	Keith Briggs	Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:17:21 +0000	82 lines
Re: Shifnal	Keith Briggs	Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:11:34 +0000	200 lines
Re: Shifnal	Jeremy Harte	Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:48:53 -0000	171 lines
Shifnal	Keith Briggs	Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:14:39 +0000	89 lines
Veretrum Jafiae	Jeremy Harte	Tue, 6 Mar 2012 21:13:29 -0000	208 lines
Re: Gulpher - another French name in DB?	Trevor Ogden	Tue, 6 Mar 2012 15:26:29 +0000	124 lines
Re: Gulpher - another French name in DB?	Keith Briggs	Tue, 6 Mar 2012 14:37:01 +0000	313 lines
Re: Gulpher - another French name in DB?	Richard Coates	Tue, 6 Mar 2012 14:22:04 +0000	237 lines
Gulpher - another French name in DB?	Keith Briggs	Tue, 6 Mar 2012 12:19:20 +0000	231 lines
Research Fellowship at Nottingham	Jayne Carroll	Mon, 5 Mar 2012 10:51:14 +0000	154 lines
Irony in place-names	Bob Trubshaw	Fri, 2 Mar 2012 10:30:41 -0000	28 lines