Burston, Buckinghamshire
| Burston | |
| Buckinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 Fields on Burston Hill Farm | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP837185 |
| Location: | 51°51’36"N, -0°47’6"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | HP22 |
| Local Government | |
Burston is a tiny, scattered hamlet near Rowsham in Buckinghamshire about three miles north of Aylesbury. Its name derives from the Old English personal name Briddel + þorn (“thornbush”).[1]
There used to be a village of Burston, which was recorded separately to Aston Abbots in the Domesday Book of 1086.[2] The village was deserted after its residents were evicted in 1488, to clear arable farmland for sheep grazing.[3] The desertion was later investigated by Thomas Wolsey, who found that after evicting at least 60 people, the landlord raised rents from |£13 1s 8d a year to £40.[4]
Modern Burston consists of a few farms, including Burston Hill Farm, Lower Burston, and Burston Ridge Farm, but in the valley below earthworks of the old settlement remain and are a scheduled monument.[5]
Outside links
- Monument record 0104000100 - Burston DMV, aerial photographs of the Burston village earthworks
References
- ↑ Patrick Hanks, ed (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. 1. New York City: Oxford University Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC&pg=PA258.
- ↑ A History of the County of Buckingham - Volume 3 pp 328-330: Parishes: Aston Abbots (Victoria County History)
- ↑ "Settlement desertion". Buckinghamshire Council. https://heritageportal.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/theme/tbc523.
- ↑ Beresford, M. W.; St Joseph, J. K. S. (1979). "Burston". Medieval England: An Aerial Survey. Cambridge University Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-521-21961-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=0eo8AAAAIAAJ&dq=Burston,+Buckinghamshire&pg=PA123.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1017778: The medieval village of Burston (Scheduled ancient monument entry)