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.

Barton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bradley

Historical Forms

  • Bernertone 1086 DB
  • Becterton 1242 Fees
  • Bertherton 1305to1423 Banco
  • Berthurton 1370 ib
  • Berterton 13th WestonunderLizard 1327 SR 1413 FF c.1450 ECP
  • Berton 1472,1473 Ct
  • Barton 1695 Morden 1755 Bowen 1775 Yates 1834 O
  • Upper Barton Fm & Lower Barton Fm 1834 O

Etymology

This is clearly not the usual Barton form from bere-, tūn , but may contain a pers.n., perhaps a compound of Beorht -, but the forms are too varied for any certainty.