Meanings
proper nounBurniston (countable and uncountable, plural Burnistons)
plural Burnistons
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0193).
- countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
Origin
From the Old English personal name Brȳning + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
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