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.

Barleypark Fm, Barleypark Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ducklington

Historical Forms

  • Byrnan lea 958 BCS1036 c.1250
  • park of Barley alias Barlowe parke 1586 Bodl
  • Barley Park early18th ParColl

Etymology

Barleypark Fm, Barleypark Wood take name from Byrnan lea 958 (c. 1250) BCS 1036, park of Barley alias Barlowe parke 1586Bodl , Barley Park early 18th ParColl. 'Beorna 's wood or clearing,' v. (a)h.

Places in the same Parish