Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Burtune 1086 DB

• Burtun c.1200 Facs

• Burton 1260 Court

• Buerton 1272–1327 JRC 1535 Barnes1

• Buerton within Aldelem parish 1548 Pat

• Aldelem-Buerton 1577 ChRR

• Bureton 1290 Ipm 1610 Speed

• Buyrton 1312 Pat 1348 Plea 1316 ChRR 1491

• Buyrton iuxta Aldelym(e) 1321 Plea 1372

• Boerton 1349 Orm2

• Bewerton 1724 NotCestr

• Brewerton 1724 NotCestr

Etymology

'An enclosure belonging to a burh', v. byrh-tūn. There is no trace of earth-works here, and the burh may have been a fortified house.Cf. Buerton 325infra .