Burton

Other current and historical names

Bortun

Parish/Community: Duddon and Burton
Unitary Authority: Cheshire West and Chester
Region: North West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 53°10'12"N 2°44'8"W
Eastings/Northings: 350913, 363910
OS Grid: SJ509639
Mapcode Local: GBR 7J.47Z6
Mapcode Global: WH88H.YLF5

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Burton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Burton in the Domesday Book

A village in Rushton hundred, in the county of Cheshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Chester St John
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Chester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Chester
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 15 shillings in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 4 smallholders; 1 priest; 1 rider
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 acre

British Place Names

Burton, Cheshire West and Chester

Burton is a hamlet in Cheshire West and Chester

Burton in the Domesday Book