Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Buret(une), Burton' 13 GlastR

• Bureton(e) 13 Glast m14 GlastC 14 Glast 1338–40

• Burtun' 1244 Ass

• Borton' 1268 1342 GlastF

• Burton(e) 1288 Ass e14 GlastE 1338 FF 1347 Cl

• Asshe et Burton(e) 1350 Orig

• Burtona 1338–40 Glast

• Boreton(e) e14 GlastE 14 GlastC 1338–40 Glast

• Asscheburton' e14 GlastE

• Naysshe Burton 1477 IpmR

• Asshburton'otherwise called Burton Aysshe' 1517 Hutch3

• Nashburton 1590 Hen2

• Burtone Asshe 1347 Ipm

• Burton atte Nass(h)e 1348 Misc 1362,1372 Cl

• Bourton atte Nass(h)e 1371 ib

Etymology

'Fortified farmstead', or 'farmstead near a fortification', v. burh-tūn, cf. Bourton par. supra . Assche , Naysshe , atte Nasshe , etc, refer to Nash Court infra . The name now survives only as a st.n., mentioned as Burton St . 1870 Hutch3, cf. Bo 'tons Lane 1548 Ct.