English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Burmantofts

Early-attested site in the Parish of Leeds

Historical Forms

  • (le) Burmantoftes 1427,1476 Bodl182–3 1540 MinAcct 1603 ChLds
  • Gre(a)t Burmantoftes, lyttle Burmantoftes 1545,1561 TestLds
  • Burgh(e)man Tofts 1511 YDxii,231
  • Burgh(e)man Tostes 1544 FF
  • Burningtoftes 1578 PRLds
  • Burnitoftes, Burnytoftes 1585,1607,1612 ib
  • Burmitops 1729 LdsM
  • Hugh Burman 1425 Rent19

Etymology

Burmantofts, (le ) Burmantoftes 1427, 1476Bodl 182–3, 1540MinAcct 174, 1603 ChLds, Gre (a )t Burmantoftes , lyttle Burmantoftes 1545, 1561 TestLds, Burgh (e )man Tofts 1511 YD xii, 231, Burgh (e )man Tostes 1544 FF, Burningtoftes 1578 PRLds, Burnitoftes , Burnytoftes 1585, 1607, 1612 ib, Burmitops 1729 LdsM. 'The townsmen's curtilages', from OE , ME  burhman 'townsman, burgess', later 'burgage tenant'; it was also used as a local byname as in Hugh Burman 1425 Rent 19; v. topt , cf. Burmantofts ii, 166supra . G. Woledge (Thoresby xxxvii, 297) suggests that the 'tofts' in this case are not the building plots but the half-acres that were allotted to the plots.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name