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.

Birdby

Other OS name in the Parish of Morland

Historical Forms

  • Birbey 1829 Dir

Etymology

, 1823 M , Birbey 1829 Dir , ' farmstead ' ; the first el . is uncertain .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site