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.

Birch Spring

Other OS name in the Parish of Writtle

Etymology

. Cf. la Byrchhacce 1291For (p) , Birchhachesherne 1297For . v. bierce , hæcc , hyrne . On the forest - boundary .

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