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.

Barkway

Major Settlement in the Parish of Barkway

Historical Forms

  • Bercheuuei(g) 1086 DB
  • Bercheweia 12th Colch
  • Bercheweie 1184 BM
  • Berkeweie 1210–12 RBE 1428 FA
  • Berechwei 1219 StPauls
  • Bercweie 12th Colch 1248 Ass
  • Berqueia 12th Colch 1204 Cur
  • Barkeway 1524 Ct

Etymology

'Birch-tree way or path,' v. beorc , weg . The first element may be the gen. pl. of beorc.