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.

Birchill Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hassop

Historical Forms

  • Berceles 1086 DB
  • Berchelis 1275 RH
  • Bercheles Ed3 Foljambe
  • Birchelis, Byrchelis, Byrcheles c.1260,1304 BelCh 1308 Ipm
  • Birchelles 1564 BelCh
  • Birchil(i)s, Byrchil(i)s late13th HardCh 1330 Ass 1397,1440 BelCh 1549 CPG
  • Birchill(i)s, Byrchill(i)s, Byrchilles 1323 Ass 1353 FF 1487 BelCh Hy8,Eliz DuLa c.1600 AddCh
  • Birchulles 1343 FF 1347 HarlCh
  • Burchilles Ed4 DuLa
  • Birchull 1276 DbCh
  • Berchul Ed1 BelCh
  • Byrchyll 1550 HardCh
  • Birchill 1577 Saxton

Etymology

Perhaps 'little birch-trees' from OE  *bircel , a diminutive of birce 'birch-tree'. The diminutive ending -el 3 has later been confused with hyll 'hill'.