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.

Little Bourton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bourton

Historical Forms

  • Burton Parvum 1278–9 RH
  • Parva Burton 1328,1346 FA
  • Bourton Parva 1316 FA
  • Bourton 1317 AD

Etymology

v. burhtūn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement