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.

Barton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cowley

Historical Forms

  • Berton' 1246 Ch
  • Bertona 1253 Ch
  • Aldebarton 1246–7 Ass
  • Oldebarton' 1278–9 RH
  • Bartone 1285 Ass
  • Oldbarton 1316 FA
  • Barton 1338 BC c.1444

Etymology

v. beretūn . 'Old' (v. (e)ald) perhaps means 'disused.'