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Survey of English Place-Names

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Birdsmoor Gate (Fm)

Other OS name in the Parish of Broadwindsor

Historical Forms

  • Birds moore 1663 DCMSurv
  • Burds (moor) 1689 DCMRent
  • Birdsmoor Gate 1811 OS
  • le Brid 1376 AD, Brid

Etymology

, Birds moore 1663DCMSurv , Burds (moor )1689DCMRent , Birdsmoor Gate 1811 OS, v. mōr, first el. the surname Bird (Robert le Brid 1376AD ,Brid , Bryd freq . in 1327, 1332 SR though not in this par . ) , cf. also Birds Eye Orchd 1839TA .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement