Overbourn Marshes

The Overbourn Marshes were located in the Southfarthing, south of the Shirebourn river, where it flowed into the Brandywine river.

Etymology

The name probably contains Old English ofer "border, margin, edge" and the element -bourn, common in English river- and place-names, referring to the Shirebourn. However the first element can also be read as "over, across" in the modern sense, therefore the name can be understood as "marshes across the stream".

See also

• Marshes in the south