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.

Burwens

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Thore

Historical Forms

  • the Burwens 1777 NB
  • High Burwens 1820 EnclA

Etymology

, the Burwens 1777 NB379, High Burwens 1820EnclA , v. burgæsn , here used of the site of the Roman fort of Bravoniacum ( supra ) .