Barton on Sea
Barton on Sea, New Miltoncounty:
coords:
Hampshire
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otherwise: Bermintune; Burmintune, 1086; Bereminton, 1262; Bermeton, 1327
BARTON-ON-SEA, seaside resort in Milton
Probably hypothetical Old English 'Beormantun'='Beorma's farm'. 'Beorma' would be a regular short form for a name like 'Beornmund'. The forms quoted refer to the ancient manor; the modern resort has grown as a natural eastward extension of the Bournemouth conurbation convenient for the New Forest.
'Barton' is Old English 'beretun' literally 'barley farm'; later 'grange farm'. The word 'barton' is recorded as a Hampshire dialect word by Cope (1883: 5).
