Sussex:

Surrey :

Hants:

Wilts:

W.P.E., 168.

6 lb., 162.

Burton, between Midhurst and Chichester (or Regnum of Romans), with prehistoric barrows,' and near the Roman Stane Street (I, 288).

Brighton," the "Brighthelm-ton" of the Anglo-Saxons suggests a possible" Briton," as the old priory and market-house is called " Barth-olomew " and the adjoining parish is "Kymere" (i.e., Cymyr) (see Camden 1, 290, 291.) It has old Stone and Bronze Age remains and Briton coins.' Burton, near Romar. Stane Street from Chichester.

Barton Cliff on Chichester Bay, with Somer-
ford adjoining.

Burton Stacey, on Roman Icknield Street.
Briten-den, former name of Silchester, the
ancient" Vindonia" of Romans and capital
of the Segonti tribe, with adjoining river
called "Lod-don" (1, 171; 322).
Barton, with prehistoric remains.
Buriton, with prehistoric earthworks, and
adjoining Bord-ean with Bordean Cross.
Broughton, with prehistoric urn burials.
Barton and Barton Point, in Wight, opposite
Gos-port and Portsmouth (1, 210).

Brad-ing, on the Brading Downs in Wight,
ancient town with Roman remains.

Bradon Forest, with 2 Partons and 2 Somerfords on its north and south.

Burton, south of "Wans' Dyke," near Devizes, with Cummer-ford on the Roman road to the north.

Brit-ford on Avon, S. of Salisbury, with
prehistoric" camps and Stone Age re-
mains, in Cad-worth Hundred.

Bratton, near Eddington on Salisbury Plain,
with prehistoric earthworks and barrows."
Broden-Slack, with prehistoric earthworks.
Port-on, on Roman road to Silchester from
Sarum or Salisbury, S.E. of "Cad-bury
Camp and Cor-Gawr or "Stone-henge
("Hanging Stones "), with numerous graves
of Early Briton kings and nobles and their
families of the Bronze Age.

Ib., 64 and 106. E.C.B., 206.

Ib., 64.

W.P.E., 62. Ib.235. • Ib., 250.

8 lb., 169, 170, 250.

Dorset :

Devon :

Cornwall:

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Brit-port or Brute-port, the old name of Brid-
port, at end of Roman Road ("Fosse Way,")
and formerly an appanage of the Crown
with many barrows (1.65).

Bride-head, with many prehistoric barrows.'
Burton and Burton Cliff, to east of Bridport.
Portis-ham, east of latter.

Brad-ford, at Dorchester, on Roman road.
Burton, west of above.

Barton, Eddon-, on north of Dartmoor.
Brad-ford, on Dartmoor, with cromlech.
Brid-ford, at Moreton Hampstead.
Broad-bury, near Okehampton, with barrows."
Bartine, in St. Just parish, with Stone Circles
(1, 19) and well sacred to Euny (Oannes?).
Pridden, near St. Buryan, with menhir."
Braddock, with prehistoric interments."
Burrit-on, a former name of Penzance."

Northwards also we find these early Barat or Brit-on names radiating through the home-counties and Midlands, as, for instance :

Essex :

Suffolk:

Herts:

Bucks:

'W.P.E., 158. Ib., 154 and 228. 'W.P.E., 62.

Prittle-well, near Southend, with prehistoric earthworks."

Berden, near Clavery (2, 142).

Bart-low Hills (2, 140).

Breten-ham on the Breton tributary of the Stour, and the Com-Bretonium of Antoninus (2, 154).

Barton (2, 161).

Barton Mere, near Bury St. Edmunds, with
Bronze Age prehistoric village.

Pirton, in Cashio Hundred, on Icknield Way.
Brydens Hill, north of Elstre.

Barton Green, with Stone Age remains.

Burden Bury on Verulam R. north of St.
Albans, on Watling Street.

Brit-well, near Farnham.

Braden-ham.

Barton, with "London Stone" to the S.W.

Oxfords:

Bedfords:

Barton, east of Oxford.

Bartholomews (St.), adjoining Oxford.
Burton, near Hampton.

Brad-well, near latter.

Barton, with Barton Hills, near Hitchin, on

Icknield Way.

Pirton, ditto.

Northamptons: Barton Latimer,

Cambridges:

Norfolk :

Lincolns:

Yorks:

("Pict's-lea.")

north of Pytchley

Barton, near Cambridge, on road from Oxford.
Bart-low (2, 140).

Barden River, tributary of Yare, at Norwich,
Venta Icenorum of Romans (2, 176),
possibly presuming that the ancient city
name was Barden, as there is no other
place-name here of " Barden."
Bretten-ham, with Briton coins.1

Barton on Humber (2, 338), and to its south
is Glan-ford, suggestive of Part-olon and
Cadwallon's title of Gioln."

Barton, near Lincoln.

Berewita, near Spalding Croyland (2, 345). Barton, four towns of this name. (3, 248; 279; 281; 415.)

Brad-ford, seat of cloth manufacture.

Brid-ling-ton, with several early British

Broughton, in Craven, with early remains (3, 283).

Northumberland: Birt-ley, with numerous "British villages.'

Nottingham:

Leicester:

Stafford :

Northampton :

Burton (2, 400).

Bredon, with old priory (2, 306).

Breedon Hill, with prehistoric earthworks.
Barton (2, 504).

Berth, near Whitmore, with prehistoric earth-
works."

Burton-on-Trent (2, 497).

Barton Seagrave (2, 281).
Burton (2, 268).

The Severn Valley was another early avenue of Briton civilization, and its Welsh bank remained largely free from Roman domination and influence, with its ancient capital of the later Briton kings, down to the Cymric Arthur, at Caerleon or Isca on the Usk; and on the west the peninsula 1E.C.B., 120. W.P.E., 251. Ib., 238. • Ib., 247.

• Ib., 241.

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of Gower, the ancient Guhir1, associated with the King Arthur legend, wherein that name Guhir" is obviously the transplanted "Kur" or Syria," the homeland of the Syrio-Phoenicians, as we have seen. On the south is Somerset or "The Seat of the Somers, Sumers or Cymyrs"; and the western promontory at the Severn mouth is "Hercules Point," the "Herakles Akron" of Ptolemy (or modern "Hart-land Point "), indicating the former presence of the Hercules-worshipping Phoenician navigating colonists there. The Upper Severn rises in Mont-Gomery, which name is now seen to mean "The Mount of the Cymry, Somers, or "Gomers "-the latter being also the Hebrew form of the ethnic name "Sumer." In the Severn Valley we have the following series of Barat names :—

Somerset :

Gloster:

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Parret River at Somer-ton, which was " an

ciently the chief town of the whole country
which takes its name from it," with
"Avalon Isle," associated with the King
Arthur legends.

Puriton, at old mouth of Parret River.
Barton, near Axbridge and Cheddar.

Bruton or Briweton, with old abbey (1, 99)
and prehistoric earthworks."

Burton Pynsent, near Taunton, seat of Chatham family (1, 96), with prehistoric earthworks". Bratton, near Wincanton and east of Cadbury, with ancient" camps" (1, 120, 149). Priddy, on Mendip Hills, with numerous prehistoric barrows.

Burthe, with Bronze Age remains.

Brito ("Bristol "). The ancient name for
Bristol was Caer Brito," and altered to

Brightston" by the Saxons.

Bred-on Hill, with Kemer-ton "Camp" and

Roman remains.

Bourton-on-the-Water,

with prehistoric

barrows, and on Roman road.

Bird-lip and "camps," with Stone Age remains and earthworks at Bird-lip, Cooper's and Crickley Hills.10

"Guhir" of Nennius, also spelt

⚫ C.B., 1, 79.

•W.P.E., 245.

Worcester:

Hereford :

Monmouth:

Glamorgan:

Montgomery :

Bart-on, near Upton on Severn.

Pirt-on, to N.W. of above.

Bred-on, on Severn at mouth of Avon, with

old monastery mentioned by Bede.1

Brad-on Hills, on Avon, with Kemmer-ton and Comber-ton, adjoining.

Bredi-cott at Worcester.

Broad-ward, with Bronze Age remains.❜
Byrdhin River at Caerleon, or Isca, on the
Usk (3, 115).

Briton Ferry, at mouth of Neath, leading to
Gower (3, 132).

Porteynon, in Gower.

Brythen Hills, on Upper Severn, N.E. of
Montgomery town.

In Western Wales, in the coastal counties and Anglesea, are the following:

Cardigan :

Carnarvon :

Anglesea :

Borth, on Dovey estuary (3, 150), near cairn of Taliesin, the great Welsh bard (sixth century, A.D.).

Bard-sey Point and Bard-sey, with traditional
abbot, St. Cad-van, of Cad-van's Stone
(3, 172).

Brith Rivil, on shore, connected with
Vortigern.

Bwrdd Arthur, a high hill with ruins of
ancient buildings, near Trevaur, with crom-
lechs (3, 201).

In Cumbria and Isle of Man are the following:

Mona :

Cheshire :
Lancashire:

Braddon, with its Runic-inscribed monuments.
Barton (3, 53).

Barton, near Eccles.

Burton, near coast, north of Lancaster, presumably on the coast of Morecambe Bay, an old road to lead mines, about

II00 B.C.

Forton, north of Garstang, on Wyre.
Bard-sey, at north entrance to Morecambe
Bay, with Stone Circle."

'B.H.A., 2, 471; 488.

2 W.P.E., 105.

'W.P.E., 201.