Melbourn History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Melbourn

What does the name Melbourn mean?

The name Melbourn is a local name for someone who lived in or by the places named Milborne, Milbourne and Milburn. Literally the place name means "mill stream," from the Old English "myln" + "burna." 1

Some of the parishes date back to Saxon times when Milborne, Port Somerset was known as Mylenburnam c. 880 and Milborne St Andrew, Dorset was known as Muleburne in 934.

The Domesday Book of 1086 lists Meleburne (Somerset), and Meleburne (Dorset.) 2

Early Origins of the Melbourn family

The surname Melbourn was first found in Dorset, England where Hugh de Meleburn was recorded as holding lands in 1201. A few years later in Yorkshire, Walter de Milleburne was recorded in 1251 and later again, William Milbourne was recorded in the Feet of Fines for Essex in 1465. 3

Early records of the name mention Margaret de Milleburn, Northumberland in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 and Edward Milborne of Yorkshire, in the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379. 4

Early History of the Melbourn family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Melbourn research. Another 146 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1464, 1536, 1622, 1633, 1646, 1649, 1660, 1662, 1668, 1670, 1683, 1720 and 1743 are included under the topic Early Melbourn History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Melbourn Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Milburn, Milborne, Milbourn, Milbourne, Milburne, Melbourne and many more.

Early Notables of the Melbourn family

Simon Melburn, High Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1464; William Milborne (c 1633-1660), an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660; Luke Milbourne (1622-1668), an ejected minister, the incumbent of Wroxhall, Warwickshire; and...
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Melbourn migration to Australia +

Melbourn Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Henry Melbourn, English convict who was convicted in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Fairlie" on 9th Mary 1852, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Island) 5

Sources +

Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 26th September 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/fairlie