A common name, usually OE bere-tūn, bær-tūn ‘barley farm, outlying grange where corn is stored’; examples include: Barton Cambridgeshire Barton (1060), Bertone (1086) (DB). Barton Gloucestershire, near Guiting. Berton (1158). Barton Lancashire, near Preston. Bartun (1086) (DB). Barton Torbay. Bertone (1333). Barton Bendish Norfolk. Bertuna (1086) (DB), Berton Binnedich (1249). Affix means ‘inside the ditch’ (OE binnan + dīc) referring to Devil's Dyke. Barton, Earls Northamptonshire Bartone (1086) (DB), Erlesbarton (1261). Affix from the Earl of Huntingdon who held the manor in the 12th cent. Barton, Great Suffolk. Bertuna (945), (1086) (DB), Magna Bertone (1254). Early affix is Latin magna ‘great’. Barton in Fabis Nottinghamshire Bartone (1086) (DB), Barton in le Benes (1388). Latin affix means ‘where beans are grown’. Barton le Clay Bedfordshire Bertone (1086) (DB), Barton-in-the-Clay (1535). Affix means ‘on clay soil’. Barton Mills Suffolk. Bertona (1086) (DB), Parva Bertone (1254). Early affix is Latin parva ‘little’. Barton Seagrave Northamptonshire Bertone (1086) (DB), Barton Segrave (1321). Manorial affix from the de Segrave family, here in the 13th cent. Barton Stacey Hampshire Bertune (c.1000), Bertune (1086) (DB), Berton Sacy (1302). Manorial affix from the de Saci family, here in the 12th cent. Barton Turf Norfolk. Bertuna (1086) (DB), Berton Turfe (1394). Affix is ME turf, presumably because good turf was cut here. Barton under Needwood Staffordshire Barton (942), Bertone (1086) (DB). Affix means ‘near or within the forest of Needwood’. Barton upon Humber North Lincolnshire Bertune (1086) (DB). For the river-name, see Humber.

However the following has a different origin: Barton on Sea Hampshire Bermintune (1086) (DB). ‘Estate associated with a man called *Beorma’. OE pers. name + -ing- + tūn.

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