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.

Briscoe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Romaldkirk

Historical Forms

Byrscogh c.1250 YD

Byrscoyg 1301 LS

Birscou 1251 Ch 1577 Saxton

Bursco(gh) 1400 YI 1545 FF

Etymology

'Birch wood' v. birki , skogr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement