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.

Norbelton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hellingly

Historical Forms

  • Norburton 1287 CplM
  • Norbelton, Norberton 1327,1332 SR
  • Norbelton t.Edw3 Add
  • Norbleton 1330–5 ib

Etymology

Norbelton (lost) is Norburton 1287CplM (bis), Norbelton , Norberton in 1327, 1332 SR (p), Norbelton t. Edw 3Add , Norbleton 1330–5 ib. This was probably a 'north' burhtun in relation to the not very distant Broughton or Burton in Jevington and Westburton in Friston.