BROWSE
townland
Biortún Beag
genitive: Bhiortún Beag
(Irish)
Burtown Little
(English)

Centrepoint

52.9978, -6.86891latitude, longitude
Irish Grid (with letter)
Computing...
Irish Grid (without letter)
Computing...
Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM)
Computing...

Archival records

scanned imagescanned image

Historical references

1331-2
Berton
RDK Leathanach: 44.33
1417
Berton
JKAS Imleabhar: 3, Leathanach: 95
1518
Byrton
Kildare Rent. Leathanach: 285
1518
Birton
Kildare Rent. Leathanach: 286
1540-1541
Burton
Edmundi Alyn et Hugonis Oerman de Burton
Crown Surv. Leathanach: 162
1540-1541
Byrton alias Birtonlande
Crown Surv. Leathanach: 167
1654
Little Birton
CS VIII Leathanach: 117
1655
Little brittan
DS
1659
Litle Birton
Cen. Leathanach: 404
1660c
Leixliptowne ye Meares distinguishing pprieties not to be shewne
BSD (CD) Leathanach: 64
1660c
Little Brittaine
BSD (CD) Leathanach: 64
1663
Little Birton
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: 6 C II
1668
Little Birton
ASE Leathanach: 186
1685
Little Brittan
Hib. Del.
1752
Little Burrtown
Noble & Keenan Co. Map
1783
Little Burtown
Taylor (Cill Dara)
1807
Little Birtown
Stat. Surv. (CD) Leathanach: 213
1837
Birtown Little
BS:AL Leathanach: 1,6
1837
Little Burtown
Taylor Co. Map 1783:AL Leathanach: 1,6
1837
Little Birtown
Cess Coll.:AL Leathanach: 1,6
1837
Little Birtown
Stat. Survey (CD):AL Leathanach: 1,6
1837
Birtown Little
Baggott, Rev.:AL Leathanach: 1,6
1837
Little Burtown
Proprietor (Duke of Leins.):AL Leathanach: 1,6
1837
Birtown Little
TAB Leathanach: 1,6
1837
Little Brittaine
DS:AL Leathanach: 1,6
1837
Burtown
pl:AL Leathanach: 1,6
2009-2010
ˈbortoun ˈlitil
Áit.

Please note: Some of the documentation from the archives of the Placenames Branch is available here. It indicates the range of research contributions undertaken by the Branch on this placename over the years. It may not constitute a complete record, and evidence may not be sequenced on the basis of validity. It is on this basis that this material is made available to the public.

Archival and research material provided on this site may be used, subject to acknowledgement. Issues regarding republication or other permissions or copyright should be addressed to logainm@dcu.ie.

Open data

Application programming interface (API)

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
API key required to access data
More about the Logainm API

Linked Logainm

Formats: RDF | RDF N3 | RDF JSON | RDF XML

Operated by Digital Repository of Ireland
More about Linked Logainm