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, Barton Court

Early-attested site in the Parish of Abingdon and St Helen Without

Historical Forms

  • Bertune 1086 DB 1428–9 ObAcc
  • Barton 1761 Rocque

Etymology

Barton, Barton Court, Bertune 1086 DBet freq with variant spellings Berton , Berton ', la Berton ' to 1428–9 ObAcc, Barton 1761 Rocque, 'grange', v. beretūn . Cf. also Wynnerd Barton , Wyneyard Barton , Tithing called Wyniard Bartone 1608Dep , v. supra 436.