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

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mere

Historical Forms

  • Burinton' 1204 Cur
  • Burtona 1236 Bracton
  • Burton 1237 Cl
  • Burtone juxta Mere 1281,1289 Ass
  • Burghton 1268 ib
  • Burgton 1284 WIpm
  • Bourton 1327 SR 1398 Ipm 1428 FA 1566 Ct

Etymology

As in the case of Burton and Boreham supra 49, 158 the compound is burhtun used in the sense 'farm by a borough.'