Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Burtone 1086 DB

• Burton(') 1199,1201 P 1202,1218 Ass 1202 Welles 1254 ValNor 1610 Speed

• Borton' 1383 Peace

• Burtonestathel 1201 Ass

• Burtonstathel 1348 Pat

• Burtonestatheher (sic) 1208 FF

• Burtonstather 1275 RH 1316 FF 1318 Ipm 1319 Misc 1327,1332 SR 1327 Banco 1431 FA

• Burtonstathir 1271 RRGr 1371 Ipm 1416 Cl

• Burtonstathyr 1437 Fine

• Burton Stather 1300 ChancW 1313 Pat 1314 Ch 1315 DuLaCh 1316 Ipm 1323 Cl 1329,1334 Pat 1342 Cl 1758 Td'E

• Burton alias Burton upon Stather 1613 Yarb

• Burton Stathere 1347 Pat

• Burton Stathre 1316 FA 1318 Cl

• Burton Stadire 1397 Pap

• Burtonstathe 1316 FA 1326 Pat

• Burtonestath' 1326 Ipm

• Burton cum Stather 1343 NI 1575 Shef

• Burton super Stather 1384 Peace 1601 Terrier 1613 Yarb 1640 Foster 1680 FMB

• Burton iuxta Stather 1554 InstBen 1579 Yarb 1580 Shef 1609 Yarb

• Burton apon Stather 1588,1655 Yarb

• Burton apon Stather alias Burton withe Stather alias Burton iuxta Stather 1580 Shef

• Market Burton 1403 Inqaqd 1405 Pat

• mercatum de Burton' 1329 Ass

• Northstather 1502, 1503 Ipm

• South Stachre (-c- for -t-) 1317 Ipm

• Southstathere 1347 Pat

• Southstather 1503 Ipm

Etymology

'The farmstead, village at or belonging to a fortified place', v. burh , tūn . The site of the fortification is not known. The earliest forms for the affix, stathel , are presumably derived from OE  staðol 'a foundation, base, support', in p.ns. also 'a platform'. Forms in -stathe are from ON  stǫð 'a landing-place, a jetty', while the rest are derived from stǫðvar , the pl. of stǫð . Stather is found in other parishes bounding on the R. Trent, cf. Flixborough Stather. The landing-places were presumably at Burton Stather on the river a little north-west of the village itself. The market is referred to in mercatum de Burton '1329Ass . In the neighbourhood of Burton are Northstather 1502, 1503 Ipm and South Stachre (-c - for -t -) 1317 Ipm, Southstathere 1347 Pat, Southstather 1503 Ipm; unfortunately the sites cannot be identified.