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.

Birkhouse

Other OS name in the Parish of Dewsbury

Historical Forms

  • Bir(c)kehowse 1581,1630 Arm
  • Burches 1698 PRHtsd

Etymology

, 1542 WillY , Bir (c )kehowse 1581, 1630 Arm, Burches 1698 PRHtsd , ' birch-tree house ' , v. birki , hūs .