The story
- Old English · derived fromburg“fortified place, stronghold”
- English todayBerrington
Perhaps from Old English burg (“fortified place, stronghold”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishburg all →
EdinburghburyBuford-burgburrockLondesborough
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.