Abbotts Barton

Abbotts Barton, Winchester
settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
Winchester
Hampshire
SU4831
refce: HANTSLOC.t

old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants XLI.9

Abbott's Barton
otherwise: Abbotesberton, 1100-1135; Bertone, 1250

refce: Coates 1989
ABBOTT'S BARTON
Old English 'beretun' literally 'barley farm'; later 'grange farm'. The word 'barton' is recorded as a Hampshire dialect word by Cope (1883: 5). The farm belonged to Hyde Abbey, hence the full name, and also the alternative 1606 'Hyde Barton'.

domesday
Bertun
Listed in Domesday Book
- Bertun Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
refce: Moody 1862 (Domesday)

   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001