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.

Hornsea Burton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hornsea

Historical Forms

  • Bortun, Burtun(e) 1086 DB
  • Burtun 1145–61,1150–61 YCh1377–8
  • Burton(a) 1228 RegAlb 1260 Rental 1529 FF
  • Burton(a) juxta Hornese 1175–85 Bridl
  • Horneseburton(a) early13th Meaux 1252 FF 1414 YD
  • Hornseburton(a) 1221–35 Melsa 1285 KI 1316 NomVill 1336 Ch 1349 Ipm c.1400 Melsa
  • Horseburton(a) c.1265 KF
  • Hornseyburton(a) 1584 FF

Etymology

'Fortified farmstead,' v. burhtun .

Places in the same Parish