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.

Burdon Court

Other OS name in the Parish of Hawkesbury

Historical Forms

  • Bordynescourt(e), Burdenescourt(e) 1450 MinAcct
  • Burden(s)courte 1549 FF 1598 Dep

Etymology

, Bordynescourt (e ), Burdenescourt (e )1450MinAcct , Burden (s )courte 1549FF ,1598Dep , cf. also Bordonsplace 1380Rent , Burdenwyck 1542FF , named from the family of Burdon , who held Oldbury upon Severn from the 13th century , v. court , wīc .