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.

Benton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bratton Fleming

Historical Forms

  • Bo(n)tintona 1086 DB
  • Bontingden 1379 IpmR
  • Boutingdon (sic) 1379 Cl
  • Duntingthon (sic) 1242 Fees792
  • Buntingeton 1270 Ass
  • Botyngdon 1301 Ipm 1346 FA
  • Bodyngdon 1316 FA
  • Bunton 1582 FF

Etymology

'Bunta 's farm,' v. ingtun , cf. also Birchgrove (PN Sx 271) and Bountisborough Hundred (Ha), 1248 Ass Bontesburg , 1280ib . Bontesberegh .

Places in the same Parish