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.

Beccles Fm & Beccles Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Bowdon

Historical Forms

  • Beccles 1842 OS
  • Birtles 1831 Bry
  • Long Birtles, Birtles Lane & Birtles Wood 1838 TA

Etymology

, Beccles 1842 OS, Birtles 1831 Bry, Long Birtles , Birtles Lane & Birtles Wood 1838TA , v. bircel , cf. Birtles 172 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site