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.

Great Barugh, Little Barugh

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kirby Misperton

Historical Forms

  • Berg(a) 1086 DB 1170 P 1285 KI
  • Berch 1086 DB
  • Berch magna, Berch parua c.1200 For
  • Bergh(e) 1219 Ass 1409 YI
  • Bargh(e), Great Bargh(e) 1526 NRS

Etymology

'The hill' v. beorg .

Places in the same Parish