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.

Birchinlee

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hope Woodlands

Historical Forms

  • Birchynley(e), Birchineley(e) 1285 For
  • Birchenlee Ed4 DuLa
  • Berchenlee Hy8 ib
  • Birchen Lee Eliz ib
  • Birchingley 1607 MinAcct
  • Birkinlee 1625,1638 ShefJC

Etymology

Birchinlee (6″), Birchynley (e ), Birchineley (e )1285For (p), Birchenlee Ed 4DuLa , Berchenlee Hy 8 ib, Birchen Lee Eliz ib, Birchingley 1607MinAcct , Birkinlee 1625, 1638ShefJC . 'Birch clearing', v. bircen 2 , lēah . The later Scandinavianised forms Birk - are worthy of note.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement