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.

Burdrop

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sibford Gower

Historical Forms

  • Burithorp 1314 Ipm, Cl (p)
  • Burdropp 1727,8 Bennett

Etymology

Burdrop is Burithorp 1314 Ipm, Cl (p), Burdropp 1727, 8Bennett .'Hamlet near the burh,' v. þrop .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement