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.

Bird's Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Runcorn

Historical Forms

  • Burd(s) Wood(s), Birds Wood(s), Birds Wood(s) Lane 1743 Sheaf
  • Birds Woods 1831 Bry

Etymology

, Burd (s ) Wood (s ), Birds Wood (s ), Birds Wood (s ) Lane 1743 Sheaf, Birds Woods 1831 Bry , cf. le hethe feildes alias Briddes fieldes 1556AddCh , ' bird's wood ' , v. bridd , wudu .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site