Meanings
proper noun
- A suburb and former hamlet in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP7033).
- A village and civil parish in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST7730).
- A civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England, which includes Great Bourton and Little Bourton.
- A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU2387).
- A village in Much Wenlock parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5996).
- A village in Wick St Lawrence parish, North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3864).
- A hamlet in Bishops Cannings parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0464).
Origin
Heterographic variant of Burton.
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APA
Bourton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bourton
MLA
“Bourton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bourton. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bourton,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bourton.
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