Bornesses
Early-attested site in the Parish of Croft
Historical Forms
- Burghanes 13 VCHi.163
Etymology
The history of this name is that given by Ekwall (PN La 85) for Burwains, from OE *burgæns 'burial place,' in which he shows that it is cognate with OE byrgan 'bury' and identical with the common dialectal borrens , borwens . v. 325infra , s.v. *burgæsn.
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