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.
Survey of English place-names
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North Riding of Yorkshire
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Langbargh East Wapentake
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Danby
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Glaisdale
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Busco
Busco
Early-attested site in the Parish of Danby
Historical Forms
Birkescoht, Birkescog(h)
1200,1223
Guis
1223
FF
Etymology
'Birch wood'
v.
birki
,
skogr
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Botton Cross, Botton Hall and Botton Grove
Castleton
Stonegate, Beck, Wood
Clitherbeck
Danby Lawns
Dinnand
Fryup
Hollins
Sowerby Bogs
Trough House
Bainley Bank
Crunkly Gill
Grey Stone House
Lawn of Postgate
Lealholm
Moss Beck
Postgate
Major Settlement
Danby
Glaisdale
