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.

Barnes Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dronfield Woodhouse

Historical Forms

  • Bernys, Bernis, Bernes 1269 Ass 1278,1279 Beau a.1290 Hallviii
  • Barnes 1500 Portland

Etymology

Barnes Fm, Bernys , Bernis , Bernes 1269Ass (p), 1278, 1279Beau (p), a. 1290 Hall viii (p)et freq , Barnes 1500Portland . 'The barns', v. bere-ærn; they may have been barns belonging to Beauchief Abbey.