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.

Birker

Major Settlement in the Parish of Birker and Austhwaite

Historical Forms

Birkergh 1279 Ass

Byrker 1432 StBA 1581 FF

Birker 1560 ib

Etymology

'Birch tree shieling,' v. birki , erg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name