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.

Birch Fd

Field in the Parish of Cheswardine

Historical Forms

  • 1840 TA 1635 GT 85 GT 93 GT

Etymology

Birch Fd(N. of theHinstock/Chipnall road)(field-shapes here suggest an enclosed open field: the n. may be brycerather than thetree-name: Birch Field is listed 1635, 85, 93: Green Gore adjoins)