English Explanatory Dictionary

Bamburgh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A coastal village and civil parish in northern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1834).

Word forms

Bamburgh

Etymology

From Middle English Bamburg, Bamburgh, from Old English Bebbanburh, Bebbanburg, from Bebbe (female personal name); burh, burg (“city, stronghold”).

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