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Buriton House
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Chi Burjestra
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Type:
Settlement
Parish:
Penzance
Hundred:
Penwith
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)