English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Birley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Beighton

Historical Forms

  • Birley(e), Byrley(e), Byrlay 1280,1291 Beau 1291 Tax 1328 DbCh 1330 Ass 1356 DbCh

Etymology

Birley (6″), Birley (e ), Byrley (e ), Byrlay 1280, 1291Beau , 1291 Tax, 1328 DbCh, 1330Ass , 1356 DbCh et freq . 'Byre clearing', v. bȳre , lēah , cf. Birley (Fm) supra 156 and infra 220.