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 Haven

Other OS name in the Parish of Barton upon Humber

Historical Forms

  • inter portum eiusdem uille 1250 Bard p1269
  • del Haven “of Barton” 1343 Cl
  • the Haven 1633 AOMB 1676 BartTB 1795 BPD 1796 EnclA 1822 Terrier

Etymology

, inter portum eiusdem uille (i.e. Barton) 1250 (p1269) Bard , del Havenof Barton ”1343 Cl (p), the Haven 1633AOMB 390 ; 1676 BartTB, 1795BPD , 1796EnclA , 1822Terrier , self - explanatory , v. hæfen 1 , hafh and Gaskrick supra , said to be an earlier name for Barton Haven .