Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Bvrg 1086 DB

• Burg 1213 Abbr 1236 Fine 1303,1308 Ipm

• Burg' c.1130 LeicSurv 1184 Dane 1248 RGros 1254 Val

• Burgo 1086 DB 1184 Dane c.1291 Tax 1316 FA

• Bvrc 1086 DB

• Burk a.1250(1404),m.13(1404),Hy3(1404) Laz

• Burk' Hy3 1404 ib

• Burk(g)h Hy3 1404 ib

• Burgh 1193×1207 Dugd 1242 Fees 1325 Inqaqd 1330 Cl 1388 Misc 1398 Pat 1522 Fine 1536 Braye

• Burgh alias Erdeborough 1615 Ipm

• Erdburg 1201 OblR 1251 Fine

• Erdburgo c.1290 Dugd

• Erdburgh 1288 Coram 1321 Brase 1514 Ipm 1518 CoPleas

• Erdborow 1306 Deed

• Erdborou 1306,1361 ib

• Erdeburgh 1245 Fine 1302 Cl 1336 KB c.1430 RTemple 1346 Pat 1398 Cl 1398 FA 1428 Braye 1431

• Erdeburghe 1537 MinAccts

• Erdeborowght 1572 LeicW

• Erdeborowe 1604 SR

• Erburg 1251 Cur 1270 Fine 1292 Ipm

• Erburgh 1262 RGrav 1288 Ass 1494 Pat

• Erborough 1510 Rental

• Erthburg c.1247,1283,1285 RTemple 1327 SR

• Erthboru 1281 RTemple

• Erth(e)burgh 1313 Banco 1327 SR 1330 Cl

• Ardburght 1475×85 ECP

• Ardbrogh 1480 Pap

• Ard(e)borough 1510 LP 1626 Fine

• Ard(e)borowe 1578,1583 LEpis

• Borow(e) 1323 Inqaqd 1518 Visit 1526 AAS 1574 LEpis

• Borow(e) alias Ard(e)borowe 1578,1583 ib

• Borow(e) alias Erdborough 1614 Ipm

• Boro 1535 VE

• Borrow(e) 1536 Dugd 1537 MinAccts

• Borough(e) 1541 1614 Ipm

• Borough(e) alias Erdeboroughe 1588 Fine

• Borowgh 1571 LeicW

• Burow or Erdeborow 1537 MinAccts

• Burrow(e) 1576 Saxton 1576 LibCl 1610 Speed 1621 LML

• Burrough 1612 Nichols

• Burrough alias Ardborough 1626,1627 Fine

• Burrough-on the-Hill 1641 LML

Etymology

'The fortress', v. burh ; and 'the fortress built of earth', v. eorð-burh.There is a superb Iron Age hill-fort on Burrough Hill north of the village, possibly the caput of the Corieltauvi, v. Lei 13–4. The location of the present settlement, with its 13th century church, lies on a hill across a deep valley from the earthwork. There is no evidence that the hill-fort itself was ever the site of an early Anglo-Saxon village.However, traces of Romano-British occupation have been discovered there.