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 Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brayton

Historical Forms

  • Burhtun c.1030 YCh7 c.1050 ib
  • Burtun, Burton(e), Burtona 1086 DB 1110–30 YCh 13,1261 Selby 1280 YI 1300 Hom 1312 Selby 1452 YDxvii,97
  • Burtona juxta Birne 1300 Ebor
  • Burton Hall 1817 M

Etymology

'Fortified farmstead', v. burh-tūn. The 1050 spelling Burhtun has been identified by Farrar (YCh i, 28) with Burton Salmon 40infra , but it clearly belongs here as the early form of Burton Salmon is entirely different.