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.

Barnes

Major Settlement in the Parish of Barnes

Historical Forms

  • Berne 939 BCS737 12th DB 1086
  • Berna 1181 StPDB
  • La Berne 1244 FF
  • Bernes 1222 StPDB 1273 FF 1291 Tax 1505 FF
  • Barnes 1387 FF

Etymology

'The barn,' v. bern . The plural form is apparently of later date.

Places in the same Parish