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Barton

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

Barton, a common name, usually OE bere-tūn, bær-tūn ‘barley farm, outlying grange where corn is stored’; examples include: Barton Cambs. Barton 1060, Bertone 1086 (DB). Barton Glos., near Guiting. Berton 1158. Barton Lancs., near Preston. Bartun 1086 (DB). Barton Torbay. Bertone 1333. Barton Bendish Norfolk. Bertuna 1086 (DB), Berton Binnedich 1249. Affix means ‘inside the ditch’ (OE binnan + dīc) referring to Devil's Dyke. Barton, Earls Northants. Bartone 1086 (DB), Erlesbarton 1261. Affix from the Earl of Huntingdon who held the manor in the 12th cent. Barton, Great Suffolk. Bertuna 945, 1086 (DB), Magna Bertone 1254. Early affix is Latin magna ‘great’. Barton in Fabis Notts. Bartone 1086 (DB), Barton in le Benes 1388. Latin affix means ‘where beans are grown’. Barton le Clay Beds. Bertone 1086 (DB), Barton-in-the-Clay 1535. Affix means ‘on clay soil’. Barton Mills Suffolk. Bertona 1086 (DB), Parva Bertone 1254. Early affix is Latin parva ‘little’. Barton Seagrave Northants. Bertone 1086 (DB), Barton Segrave 1321. Manorial affix from the de Segrave family, here in the 13th cent. Barton Stacey Hants. Bertune c.1000, Bertune 1086 (DB), Berton Sacy 1302. Manorial affix from the de Saci family, here in the 12th cent. Barton Turf Norfolk. Bertuna 1086 (DB), Berton Turfe 1394. Affix is ME turf, presumably because good turf was cut here. Barton under Needwood Staffs. Barton 942, Bertone 1086 (DB). Affix means ‘near or within the forest of Needwood’. Barton upon Humber N. Lincs. Bertune 1086 (DB). For the river-name, see Humber.

However the following has a different origin: Barton on Sea Hants. Bermintune 1086 (DB). ‘Estate associated with a man called *Beorma’. OE pers. name + -ing- + tūn.

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Barton

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Barton ♂ Transferred use of the surname, originally a local name from any of the numerous places in England so called from Old English bere ‘barley’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.

Short form: Bart.

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