English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Burton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Abney

Historical Forms

  • Burton 1415 FF 1424 DbCh

Etymology

Burton (lost), Burton 1415FF , 1424 DbCh, 'farmstead near a fortification', v. burh-tūn, or 'farmstead near Brough (infra 50)', v. tūn . Near Burton was