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.

Birling Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Eastdean

Historical Forms

  • Berlinges 1210–12 RBE 1279 1290 Ipm 1403 IpmR
  • Berlingges 1260 FF
  • Berlynges 1272 RH
  • Berling(e), Berlyng 1212 Fees72 1428 FA
  • Berlyng by Estbourne 1294 Ipm
  • Byrlyng(g) 1330,1357 Ipm 1454 IpmR
  • Barlyng 1363 ADi 1370 Fine
  • Burling 1715 Will

Etymology

According to Ekwall (PN in -ing 35, 55), an l -derivative of the pers. name Bǣra . Cf. Birling (K, Nb), Barling(s) (Ess, L).