Burton
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Burton
Dorset
SZ1694
refce: HANTSLOC.t
old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants LXXXVI.8
Burton
otherwise: Buretone, 1100; Buriton, 1236; Burton, 1248
refce: Coates 1989
BURTON, village in Christchurch East
Possibly Old English 'Burhtun, Byrigtun'='fortified settlement', or, more likely, 'farm of the borough', ie: Christchurch, cf Gelling (1978: 145). For the form of the earliest mentions cf BURITON.
old map
 Burton
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, hamlet - Christ Church Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
refce: Harrison 1788
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old map
 Burton
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, hamlet - Christchurch Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
refce: Morden 1695
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old map
 Burton
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, hamlet - Christchurch Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Blaeu 1645
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old map
 Burton
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, hamlet - Christchurch Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Speed 1611
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old map
 Burton
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, hamlet - Christchurche Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
refce: Norden 1607
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   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001