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.

Burton Hastings

Major Settlement in the Parish of Burton Hastings

Historical Forms

  • Burhtun 1002 ASWills c.1100
  • Bortone 1086 DB
  • Borton 1235 Fees
  • Burtona 1220 Bracton
  • Burt(h)on 1235,1242 Fees 1275 RH
  • Burchton 1221 Ass
  • Burgton 1221 FF, Ass
  • Borughton 1291 Tax
  • Boroughton 1316 FA
  • Bourghton 1327 SR
  • Burghton 1327 Banco 1347 Ipm
  • Burughton 1348 ib
  • Borweton 1364 IpmR
  • Burugton, Burugton de Hastings 1313 Cl, Ipm
  • Burton Hastinges 1540 LP
  • Bourton 1332 SR
  • Burton juxta Wolvey 1447 IpmR
  • Broughton 1436 IpmR

Etymology

v. burh , tun . Dugdale (35) gets very near the truth as to the meaning of this compound in the first part of his remarks upon it, “From the old English word burh and burgh (as I guess) signifying, with the Saxons, not only a place fortified with some warlike rampier or wall, but that which had a kind of fence or enclosure about it.” Henry de Hasteng ' held the manor in 1242 (Fees).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name