Birchfield (Fm)
Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Barford
Etymology
This is really a manorial name. Hugh de Breteville held a knight's fee in Great Barford in 1166 (RBE) and this afterwards became known as Brytvilles Manor (1521) and Birchfields (1692). v. VCH iii. 182. Cf. the similar development of Spinfield (Bucks) from Espineville (PN Bk 189).