Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Nesshede 1450 ChRR

• Nesshead, Nessehede 1450 Orm2

• Nessehede 1468 MinAcct

• Nesshed 1471 ib

• Nessehed 1525 ChRR

• Nesset, Nesset Lane 1817 EnclA

• Nesset Barn 1831 Bry

• Nesset, Nesset Common & Nesset Hay 1843 TA 1847 TAMap

• Burton Hedde c.1536 Leland

• Burton Head 1599 Morris 1621 Orm2 1656

• Burton Head, Burton Head Farm 1831 Bry 1842 OS

• Burton Hill 1615 Sheaf

• Burton Point 1819 Orm2

Etymology

'The promontory of Ness, -called Ness, -at Ness' and 'the promontory at Burton', from ness or the p.n. Ness 220infra , and the p.n. Burton supra , and hēafod , point , hyll , with lane , bere-ærn, commun , (ge)hæg. This headland, giving a name to Ness and Neston 220, 222infra , is described by Webb in 1621, Orm2 ii 361, as 'a great brow of a promontory reaching into the sea, they call it Burtonhead' and it is the site of an iron-age promontory fort, v. Sheaf3 48 (9694, 9704), from which the p.n. Burton is derived, cf. Burton Ditch , Castle Field 1843TA , v. dīc , castel .