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.

Byrdescroft

Field in the Parish of Repps with Bastwick

Historical Forms

  • Byrdescroft 1466 Field
  • South Birds Croft 1572 Field

Etymology

Byrdescroft 1466, South Birds Croft 1572(OE  bridd'bird', here probably the pers.n., v. Reaney s.n. Bird, andcroft)