Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Burewinestoch 1086 DB

• Burgestoche 1178–9 P

• Burgestok(e) 1198 Forde 15 CurR 1199 1200 Forde 1201 Ch 15 Sarum 1204 Salis 1313 ChrP 1244 Ass 1245 1245 1372 1288

• Burgestoca, Burgastoke, Burgastoka, Burgstok 13 Forde 15

• Burcstok' 1202 P

• Burghostoca 1226 Pat 1345

• Burghestoka 1227 FF

• Burghestok(e) 1227 1227 Forde 15 Salis 1244 Ass 1268,1280,1288 Pat 1345 Forde 15

• Burghestokes 1227 FF

• Burhestok 1245 Sarum

• Bureghestok' 1266 AddCh 1339

• Burghstok(e) 1271 Forde 15 Banco 1277 Pat 1317

• Borgstok 13 Forde 15

• Borestoke 1245 Sarum

• Burestok(e) 1245 Sarum 1245 ChrP 1372 Forde 1271 15

• Burstok(e) 1259(15),1273(15) Forde 1291 Tax 15 Forde 1428 FA

• Burrestok 1273 Forde 15

• Burstocke 1663 DCMSurv

• Boreghestok' 1266(1339),1339 AddCh

• Borghestok(') 1280 Ass 1317 Forde 15

• Borwestok' 1280 Ass

• Bur(u)westoke 14 LodersC 1372 ChrP

• Borough'stoke 1440 Strode

• Brigstoke (sic) 1316 FA

Etymology

'Outlying farmstead or hamlet of a woman called Burgwynn or of a man called Burgwine', from an OE pers.n. and stoc. As pointed out by Ekwall Studies2 20–1, the post-DB spellings of the first el. may be worn- down forms of the longer name or represent a short form Burge or Burga for Burgwynn or Burgwine respectively. The spellings have been clearly influenced by the common el. burh 'fortified place', cf. Fägersten 284 who considered this the most likely first el. in spite of the DB form.