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.

Norbiton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kingston-on-Thames

Historical Forms

  • Nor(t)berton 1205 Cur 1259 Ass
  • Norbinton 1219 FF
  • Norbyngton 1598 SACxi
  • Norbeton(e) 1272 Ch 1279 Ass 1294 ADii 1323 ADi
  • Northeton 1272 Ch
  • Norbelton 1299 Ipm 1303 Winton 1337 Orig 1428 FA
  • Norbiton 1531 LP

Etymology

'The north beretun,' as opposed to Surbiton infra , not in relation to Kingston itself, since it is due east of that place.beretun denotes a grange in an outlying part of a manor.