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.

Berrington Mill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chipping Campden

Historical Forms

  • Berinton 1205 OblR
  • Byriton, Biryton 1273 Ipm 1274 Cl
  • Buriton, Buryton 1287 Ass 1350 AD 1506 FF
  • Buryngton 1546,1574,1600 FF
  • Byrryngton 1549 Pat
  • Berington als. Burington 1616 FF

Etymology

'Borough farmstead', from OE  byr (i )g , byrh , gen.sg. of burh, and tūn ; medial -ing - is a later substitution for -i - (cf. Phonol. § 49).