Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Bret(t)one 1086 DB, Bretton(a)

• Brettun 12 Pont c.1154 Brett Hy2 1230 YCh 1154–71 1155–8 1180–1200 Brett 1186 FA 1428

• Munk(e) Bretton 1225 Nost71 1281 Ebor 1300 Baild 1430 Testii

• Monk(e) Bretton 1300 Ebor 1354 FF 1371 Ch 1477 YDviii

• Bretton Mona chorum 1317 Pat 1351 FF 1466 YDiii

• Muncke Bretton 1562 FF

• Mounck Bretton 1651 WillY

• Britton 1230 Ebor

• Monk Britton 1433 YDx

• Monk(e)burton 1530 Testv 1535 VE 1565 FF

• Mounkburton 1567 Dep

• Munckeburton 1591 WillY

• Burton als. Bretton als. Muncke Bretton als. Muncke Burton als. Burton Monachorum 1607 FF

Etymology

'Farmstead of the Britons', v. Brettas (gen.pl. Bretta ), tūn , and cf. Burton Salmon pt. iv infra , where the metathesised form Burton has persisted, as it has done in some minor names infra . On the Britons who gave their name to these places as well as Birkby pt. iv, West Bretton ii, 99infra , v. Introd. The affix 'Monk' (v. munuc ) distinguishing it from West Bretton refers to the monks of Bretton Priory.