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.

Birks Fell, Birks Tarn & Birks Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Arncliffe

Historical Forms

  • chace de le Birks 1292 Percy
  • lee Byrkes 1540 MinAcct
  • Birkwood 1595 Skp

Etymology

, chace de le Birks 1292 Percy, lee Byrkes 1540MinAcct , Birkwood 1595Skp 1 , ' birch-trees ' , v. birki , fjall , tjǫrn ' pond ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site