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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.

Burton Latimer

Major Settlement in the Parish of Burton Latimer

Historical Forms

  • Burton(e) 1086 DB
  • Burtun' 1257 Cl
  • Burton juxta Thingden 1285 FF
  • Burton Latymer 1482 ADiv 1512 LP
  • Burton Latymer al. Pryors Manor t.Hy8 ADiii
  • Birton' 1230 P

Etymology

v. burhtun . William le Latimer held the manor in 1280 (Ipm).The Prior of Bradenstoke also held a manor here (VCH iii, 182).

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