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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bourton

Historical Forms

  • Bureton(') 1212 Fees 1244 Ass 1310 Ipm
  • Burton(') 1244 Ass 1258 For 1268,1280 Ass 1310 Ipm 1332 SR
  • Burthon 1258 For
  • Borton(') 1268 Ass 1275 RH 1280,1288 Ass 1317 GillCt
  • Boriton(e) 1285 FA 1292 GillCt
  • Boryton' 1288 Ass
  • Buryton' 1288 ib
  • Bourton 1774 Hutch1

Etymology

'fortified farmstead' or 'farmstead near a fortified place', v. burh-tūn, cf. East Burton, West Burton 1176.