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.

Birkenhead Dike

Other OS name in the Parish of Harthill

Historical Forms

  • Barkin Head 1844 TA

Etymology

, Barkin Head 1844TA , v. bircen , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement