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Birchall Bridge & Birchall Moss, Birchall Moss Fm, Birchall Brook

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wybunbury

Historical Forms

  • Birchowre c.1300 Sheaf
  • Birchoure, Birchovere (p) 1304 Chamb
  • Birchore 1353 BPR
  • Byrchore 1357 ChRR
  • Burchar(e) 1529 Plea 1549 ChRR
  • Bircher 1573 ChRR
  • Berchall Bridge 1621 Sheaf
  • Birchall Brook & the ville of Birchall 1831 Bry
  • Birchall Moss, Birchall Brook Bridge 1842 OS
  • The Heath 1831 Bry

Etymology

'Birch slope', from birce and ofer, with brycg and mos . Cf. Birchover Db 45. The moss was The Heath 1831 Bry, v. hǣð . The brook joins R. Weaver.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site