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 Zeal Monachorum

Historical Forms

  • Burdevileston' 1242 Fees783
  • Burdevyleston' 1346 FA
  • Bordevileston 1303 FA
  • Burdestone 1329 Exon
  • Bordouliston 1362 IpmR
  • Nymet Bordevyle 1316 FA
  • Bordevyle juxta Nymet Tracy 1345 Ass
  • Nymet Bordeville 1410 FF

Etymology

The first element of this name would seem to be a French pers. name B (o )urdeville of manorial origin, but no such name has been noted in any records relating to Devon.

Places in the same Parish