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Survey of English Place-Names

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Burgh, Great and Little

Early-attested site in the Parish of Banstead

Historical Forms

  • Berge 1086 DB
  • Berga 1199 Cur
  • Bergh(e) 1202 FF 1242 Fees 1288 Ass 1332 Ipm
  • Bergh(e) in Banstede 1346 Ipm
  • Litilbergh 1489 LBa
  • Bargh 1450 Pat
  • Berges 1196,1217,1229 FF 1200,1206 Cur
  • Bereges 1225 Ass
  • Ber(g)hes 1254,1258 FF
  • Burgh(e) 1237 FF 1276 Ipm
  • Westburgh 1467 FF
  • Grete Barowe c.1520 LBa
  • Berewe 1242 Fees 1255 Ass
  • Barrow 1540 LBa
  • Burrow 1663 LBa

Etymology

'At the barrow(s),' v. beorg . In olden days there were some ten barrows here (LBa 254–5).