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.

Burston

Early-attested site in the Parish of Morebath

Historical Forms

  • Briteliston 1330 SR
  • Brytleston 1346 Ass
  • Borston 1526 Wardens

Etymology

Cf. Briston in Pillaton (Co), Briteleston 1200 FF.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement