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.

Burnlee

Early-attested site in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • le (Ouer)birnedleghsike 1489 WCR1 1492 MinAcct
  • Barnleyparkehede 1489 WCR1
  • Burnlee 1638 WillY
  • Burnley 1709 WMB

Etymology

Burnlee, le (Ouer )birnedleghsike 1489WCR 1, 1492MinAcct 02, Barnleyparkehede 1489WCR 1, Burnlee 1638 WillY, Burnley 1709 WMB. 'Burnt clearing', v. brende (ME  berned ), lēah , sīc .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name