Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• The Barnes, le Barnes 1486 WCR1 1492 MinAcct 1590,1638 WillY

• Barnes hill 1682 HAS

• Barmes 1492 MinAcct 1525 WCR1d

• Barmes hill 1679 YAS

• Barne 1536 Rent

• Barns Hill 1843 O.S.

Etymology

Barms Hill, The Barnes , le Barnes 1486WCR 1, 1492MinAcct , 1590, 1638 WillY, Barnes hill 1682 HAS 8, 186, Barmes 1492MinAcct , 1525WCR 1d, Barmes hill 1679YAS 43, Barne 1536 Rent, Barns Hill 1843 O.S., cf. also Barnebroke , Barmbrynk 1492MinAcct . The variation between Barn - and Barm - has persisted to modern times. Possibly 'the barns', v. bere-ærn; Barm - is perhaps to be accounted for as an assimilated form, with -n - becoming -m - before -b - in compounds like Barmbrynk . v. also brink , brōc .