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.

Buriton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Treyford

Historical Forms

  • Bertone 1380 SAC8,79

Etymology

v. beretun . It is an outlying part of the parish on the downs.The forms make the identification uncertain. If it is correct the form of the name must have been influenced by Buriton (Ha), close at hand.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement