Släkthistoria för Washbourne
Washbourne Vad efternamn betyder
from Great and Little Washbourne (Gloucs) recorded as Uuassanburna in an 11th century copy of a document from 840 or Washbourne in Halwell (Devon) which is recorded as Waysseburn in 1276. The Gloucs place-name derives from Old English *wæsse (genitive *wæssan) ‘wet place swamp marsh’ + burna ‘spring stream’. The Devon place-name derives from Old English wæsce ‘place for washing’ + burna.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
