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 Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Malmesbury

Historical Forms

  • Boruhtone 13th RegMalm 1285 Ipm
  • Boruton 1376 FF
  • Burʒtone 1248 RegMalm
  • Burghton juxta Malmesbury 1315 FF 1321 Ass
  • Burton 1332 SR
  • Bourton 1535 VE
  • Burton Felde 1548 Pat
  • Bourtonhill 1571 SR 1601 FF
  • Burtonhill 1626 WIpm

Etymology

v. burhtun . The meaning here is probably 'tun by the burh,' i.e. Malmesbury. The place lies south of the town on a hill above the Avon. Cf. Boreham infra 158 and Bourton (PN Bk 60).