Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Borctune 1086 DB

• Burton(a) 1130 P 1214 Abbr 1268–78 Cockers 1428 FA

• Burtona de Lanesdala, Burton(a) in Lanesdala, Burton(a) in Lanesdale 1130 P 1201 Cur

• Burton(a) Lansdale 1210 Abbr

• Burton(a) in Lansdall Hy8 MonRent

• Burton(a) in Lonesdal(e) 1200 ChR 1293 QW 1297 LS 1415 Pat

• Burton(a) in Lonisdale 1204 Furn

• Burton(a) in Lonnesdale 1307 YI 1465 Pat

• Burton Lounesdale 1322 Ch

• Black Burton 1771 M

Etymology

'Farm-stead with or near a fortification', v. burh-tūn, and for the affixes v. Lonsdale 218supra and blæc . Castle Hill, the site of Burton Castle, may have had an earlier fortification to which the name refers.