Buriton House (EN) / Chi Burjestra (KW)

Type: 
Parish: 
Hundred: 
Elements: 

burjestra

Meaning: 
borough

chi

Meaning: 
house
Elements notes: 
EMF: <burgh> ‘borough’ + <ton/tun> ‘homestead’ECF: <chi> 'house' + <burjestra> ‘borough’ {literally <burjes> ‘burgher’ + <tre> ‘town, farmstead’}
Historic forms: 
Buriton House 1884 (Symons, 1884) (Bond, 2009) Buriton House 1974 (Pool, The History of the Town and Borough of Penzance, 1974, p. 54)