Burton

Usually from Old English burhtun (fortified farmstead, farmstead near or belonging to a stronghold or manor), from burh + tun.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɝtən/

Burton

1. An English habitational surname from Old English for someone who lived in any of several places with that name.
2. A male given name
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A village in Illinois.
   2. A city in Michigan.
   3. A village in Nebraska.
   4. A village in Ohio.
   5. A census-designated place in South Carolina.
   6. A town in Texas.
4. A number of places in England and Wales:
   1. A small village in Duddon and Burton parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5163).
   2. A village on the Wirral Peninsula in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ3174).
   3. A village in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, Dorset (OS grid ref SZ1694).
   4. A village in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK9674).
   5. A hamlet in Bamburgh parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU1733).
   6. A civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, which serves and is also short for Burton upon Trent.
   7. A village in Nettleton parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8179).
   8. A hamlet in Mere parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8232).
   9. A village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9805).
   10. A village in Wrexham county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3557).

• Bruton, to burn