Washbourne Family

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. I The name of the villages of Washbourne is derived from these terms, and the name of the family from the villages, in which it first received its knightly origin. Wash simply implies a swift and troubled current in a stream caused by the irregularity of the bed, the current occasionally overflowing its banks and producing an estuary. Burne is simply a stream, or brook, or river - thus Washbourne.