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.

to byrcsies heale

Field in the Parish of Dowdeswell

Historical Forms

to byrcsies heale 1838 TA c.800 Dowd

Etymology

to byrcsies heale(v.l. bircsiges hale) c. 800(the OE pers.n. Beorhtsige, v. halh)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Dowdeswell