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.

Bourton on Dunsmore

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bourton on Dunsmore

Historical Forms

  • Bortone 1086 DB
  • Boreton super Dounysmore 1552 FF
  • Burgton 1232 Ass
  • Buruhton c.1242 BirmDeed
  • Boruton 1275 RH
  • Borughton al. Borouthon 1291 Tax
  • Bourghton 1327 SR
  • Burton super Dunnesmor 1235 Fees
  • Burton super Donesmore 1235 Ass 1316 Ipm
  • Burton 1335 1344 Cl
  • Bourton 1298 FF 1316 FA 1332 SR 1410 Pat
  • Bourton upon Dounesmore 1419 ADvi

Etymology

v. burhtun . For Dunsmore v. supra 12. Distinguished from Burton Hastings supra 102.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site