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.

Bernard Heath

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Albans

Historical Forms

  • Barnattheth 1423 Annales
  • Barnetheth 1447 Wills
  • Barnet Heathe t.Ed6 Chantry

Etymology

Bernard Heath is Barnattheth 1423 Annales, Barnetheth 1447 Wills, Barnet Heathe t. Ed 6 Chantry. 'Heath cleared by burning,' v. bærnet and cf. Barnet supra 70. The modern form is corrupt.

Places in the same Parish