North Burton or Burton Fleming
Major Settlement in the Parish of North Burton
Historical Forms
- Burton(e) 1086 DB
- Burtun, Burton(a) 12th 1828 Langd
- Bortona 1205 Nostell
- Burton Flandrensi(s) 1119–35 Nostell 1170–80 Bridl t.Hy3 StoweCh
- Burton (le) Flamang 1170–5 YCh c.1200 Bardney
- Burton Flaming, Burton Flamyng 1205 Nostell 1331 Ch
- Burton Flammynge 1278 YI
- Flemingaburton 1170–85 YCh1065
- Burton Fleming, Burton Flemyng 1240 FF 1446 Ch
- Burton Flemming, Burton Flemmyng 1299 Ebor 1452 Ch
- Burton Flemeng(e) 13th Bridl 1234 FF 1293 YI
- Burton Flemang 1331 Ch
- North Burton 1377,1614 FF
Etymology
v. burhtun 'fortified farmstead.' 'Fleming' from the Fleming family which held Burton in the 12th century (Bridl). The prefix 'North' appears to have been used in this name and Cherry Burton infra 191 in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.