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.

Westburton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Friston

Historical Forms

  • Westbortone 1086 DB
  • Westburton 1279 QW 1288 CplM
  • West Barton 1677 Terrier
  • Westbarn 1565 DuLa
  • Westborne al. Westburton 16th Add

Etymology

v. burhtun . West probably in relation to Broughton in Jevington infra 422.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement