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Upbourn

Upbourn

The name is a modernisation of the Old English Upburnan as would represent Rohirric. It derives from the fact that the hamlet was some way "up" the river Snowbourn. As Tolkien noted, up- is used in English place-names for river-side villages (as Upavon in Wiltshire), especially in contrast to larger places near its mouth (as Upwey above Weymouth).

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