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Survey of English Place-Names

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High & Low Birks

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Birk(e)s 1667 PR(Cr)
  • High Birk(e)s 1535 Kendii,98
  • Low Birk(e)s 1535 ib
  • Law Birk(e)s 1747 PR

Etymology

, 1815EnclA , Birk (e )s 1667 PR(Cr), (High Birk (e )s ) 1535 Kend ii, 98, (Low Birk (e )s ) 1535 ib 99,(Law Birk (e )s ) 1747 PR , v. birki ' birch-tree ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site