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.

Burton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Castle Church

Historical Forms

  • Burtone 1086 DB
  • Burton 1276 Banco 1327 SR 1836 O
  • Burton juxta Stafford 1295 FF
  • Bo(u)rton 1304 FF 1332 SR 1352 Ass
  • Burghton 1480 Banco

Etymology

'The farmstead by a fortified manor', v. burh , tūn .