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.

Barnoldswick

Major Settlement in the Parish of Barnoldswick

Historical Forms

  • Bernulfesuuic 1086 DB
  • Bernolueswic(h), Bernolveswic(h), Bernolveswik, Bernolveswyk a.1153,1166–93 Kirkst 1170–3 YCh 1333 BM
  • Bernolfwic, Bernolfwik, Bernolfwyk(e) 1147–50 YCh 1147–54 Hy2 Kirkst 1180–90 Fount 1415 Pat
  • Barnolfwyk 1406 Ch
  • Bernoldeswick 1155–62 YCh1452
  • Barnoldswicke 1576 WillY
  • Bernolwic, Bernolwik, Bernolwyk Hy2 Kirkst 1294 BltComp23 1334 Baild 1349 Ch
  • Bernolswyk 1309 Kirkst 1506 Testiv
  • Barnolswyk 1434 WillY
  • Barnowlswecke 1575 PRGis
  • Barnowlsweek 1719 Barn
  • Barleweke 1672 PRMl

Etymology

'Beornwulf's dairy-farm' from the OE  pers.n. Beornwulf and wīc.Cf. also Barnoldswick 249infra . The same pers.n. may occur in Barnsay infra . On the change of -ulf to -old cf. Armthorpe 37supra .