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.

Barling

Major Settlement in the Parish of Barling

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Bærlingum 998 Crawfix
  • Berlings 11th KCD913 14th
  • Berlingā 1086 DB 1181 StP
  • Berling(e) 12th,1222 StP 1229 FF
  • Berlinges 1235 Ch
  • Barling(e) 1240 FF 1372 IpmR
  • Barlyngs 1537 LP
  • Baarlin 1673 AshingdonPR
  • Barnyng 1518–29 ECP

Etymology

'The people of *Bǣrel or *Bǣrla .' For the history of this name cf. Birling (PN Sx 417–8).

Places in the same Parish