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.

Burwain

Other OS name in the Parish of Morland

Historical Forms

  • Burwan(d)s 1801 PR(Blt)
  • Burwain 1841 TA

Etymology

, Burwan (d )s 1801 PR(Blt), Burwain 1841TA , v. burgǣsn ' cairn ' , cf. Borrens (i, 54supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site