Bourton

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | 480 words | Copyright

Bourton, usually OE burh-tūn ‘fortified farmstead’ or ‘farmstead near a fortification’; examples include: Bourton Dorset. Bureton 1212. Bourton, Black Oxon. Burtone 1086 (DB). Affix possibly refers to the black habits of the canons of Osney Abbey who had lands here. Bourton-on-the-Water Glos. Burchtun 714, Bortune 1086 (DB). In this name reference is to the nearby hill-fort. Affix refers to the River Windrush which flows through the village.

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