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.

Burscott

Other OS name in the Parish of Holsworthy

Historical Forms

  • Burstenyscote 1330 SR
  • Buscote 1472 IpmR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Burstenyscote 1330SR (p), Buscote 1472 IpmR . ' Beorhtwine 'scot(e) . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement