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Survey of English Place-Names

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Barton Blount

Major Settlement in the Parish of Barton Blount

Historical Forms

  • Barctune 1086 DB
  • Bartun, Bartona, Barton(e) late11th,1162 Tutbury c.1166 AddCh c.1166 HarlCh 1230 Tutbury 1243 Fees 1281 Ass 1298 Ipm
  • Bertona c.1141 Tutbury
  • Barton Bakepuiz 1337 FF
  • Barton Bakepuz 1367 Cor
  • Barton Bakepuys 1428 FA
  • Newe Barton alias Barton Bakbusshe 1557 FF
  • Bartonblonte 1535 Val

Etymology

'Outlying grange', v. beretūn . The manor was held by the de Bakepuz family, cf. Robert de Bakepuz c. 1166HarlCh and later by the Blount family, cf. Walter Blount 1385 Ch.

Places in the same Parish