Birch (Park)
Major Settlement in the Parish of Baschurch
Historical Forms
- Bircha 1194–5 SAC
- Birch c.1270 SAC 1672 HTR
- Byrche Hy8 RentSur
- Leybyrch 1545 SBL17285 1773
- Birche Growndes 1609 SBL17410
- Birch Park 1833 OS
Etymology
v. birce 'birch tree'. The forms give no indication of a plural, such as is found in those for Much Birch He and Little Birch He (HePN 33) and Birch Hall Db (PN Db 115), so this name may derive from a collective use of the singular. Another instance of such usage may be Birch Fm in Frilsham, Berks (PN Berks 246), which is Birche , Burch ' 1202. The 1545 form has the French definite article prefixed.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Ash Coppice
- Moor Fm
- New Buildings
- Whitmore Cottages and Whitmore Lane
- Aldersley
- Boreatton Park
- The Drumble
- Dunning Wd
- Milldale
- Platt Bridge
- Plattmill
- Boreatton Moss
- The Forest
- New Pltn
- Eyton Crossing
- Baschurch Station
- Boreatton Arms Hotel
- Duncan Arms
- The Yesters
- Adcot Mill
- Frankbrook Cottage
- New Pools Pltn
- Clarence Villa
- Fishpool Cottage
- Limpit Hill
- The Rough
- Stanwardine Park
- Lea Gorse
- Nillgreen, Nillgreen Cottages
- Rowsel Wd
- Stanwardine Hall
- Stonehill
- Ash Coppice
- The Hayes
- Walford, Walford Hall, Walford Manor, Walford Pool
- War Brook
- Boggymoor
- Chelsea Cottage
- Claypit Hall
- Pennyrush
- Westcommon
- Weston Villa
- Westonwharf
- Home Fm
- Lower Mill
- Manor Fm
- Parry's Pltn
- Upper Mill
- Walford Heath
- Yagdons Lane
- Yeaton Lo
- Yeaton Pevery