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.

Birchley Heath

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ansley

Historical Forms

  • Birchelia stret, Birchesleia t.Hy2 Dugdale
  • Byrcheleye 1303 Dugd735
  • Byrchele 1332 SR

Etymology

Birchley Heath is Birchelia stret , Birchesleia t. Hy 2 Dugdale, Byrcheleye 1303 Dugd 735, Byrchele 1332 SR (p). 'Birch clearing or wood,' v. leah .

Places in the same Parish