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.

Berwick

Early-attested site in the Parish of Henbury

Historical Forms

  • Berewyk(e), Berewik(e), Berewyck e.13,1237–66 Asht 1287 Ass 1299 RBB 1320 Ass 1535 VE
  • Berewyck iuxta Hambury 1322 Pat
  • Berwik 1496 FF
  • Barwi(c)k 1547 Pat 1623 FF

Etymology

Berwick, Berewyk (e ), Berewik (e ), Berewyck e. 13, 1237–66Asht 6, 1287Ass (p), 1299RBB , 1320Ass et passim to 1535 VE, Berewyck iuxta Hambury 1322 Pat, Berwik 1496FF , Barwi (c )k 1547 Pat, 1623FF . 'Farm where corn was grown or stored', v. bere-wīc, often used of the outlying part of an estate, especially one retained for the lord's use.