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.

Bourton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Berry Pomeroy

Historical Forms

  • Boureton 1293 Fees 1313 Ass 1333 SR

Etymology

This is probably from OE  būra -tūn , 'farm of the peasants.' Cf. Burraton supra 272.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement