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.

Burnby Wold

Early-attested site in the Parish of Burnby

Historical Forms

  • (super) Waldam 1310 YD

Etymology

Burnby Wold (6″) is (super ) Waldam 1310 YD. Cf. also le Waldegate 1286 ib. v. The Wolds supra 13.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement