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 (La)

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Birkes 1569 Stansf

Etymology

, 1719 Stansf , 1751 Rent , Birkes 1569 Stansf , v. birki ' birch-tree ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name