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.

Burfitts Rd

Other OS name in the Parish of Huddersfield

Historical Forms

  • Burthwayt 1436 DodsN

Etymology

, Burthwayt 1436 DodsN , ' storehouse clearing ' , v. búr 2 , þveit , cf. Bouthwaite ( Fountains Earth ) pt . v infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site