Bourton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bourton
Historical Forms
- Burgtun 821 BCS366 c.1200
- Burghton' 1241 Ass
- Burgheton' 1284 ib
- Burghton 1291 Cl 1316 FA 1327 SR 1336 Pat
- Burthon', Burton' 1284 Ass
- Borton 1412 FA
- Burton 1517 DInc
- Brouton' 1284 Ass
- Bourton, Burton', Burton 1535 VE
- Bourton on the Hill in the parish of Shrivenham 1752 ArchJ
Etymology
OE burhtūn, a common name which occurs most frequently as Burton. BCS 366 is spurious, but had been forged before 1170 (since it was available to the earlier author of the Abingdon Chronicle); the form from this charter is therefore the earliest reference to the place.The place-names in BCS 366 have almost certainly been copied from pre-Conquest sources.