Hepburn, Northumberland

Hepburn is a hamlet in Northumberland, England, in the parish of Chillingham.

Etymology

The standard authorities give Hepburn as in origin an Old English name deriving from heah 'high' + byrgen 'burial mound'.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bethany Fox, 'The P-Celtic Place-Names of North-East England and South-East Scotland', The Heroic Age, 10 (2007), http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox.html (appendix at http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox-appendix.html).

Coordinates: 55°30′51″N 1°53′55″W / 55.51417°N 1.89861°W / 55.51417; -1.89861

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