English Explanatory Dictionary

Burniston

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0193).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Burniston Burnistons

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Brȳning + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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