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.

Berwick

Early-attested site in the Parish of Skipton

Historical Forms

  • Berewic, Berewik, Berewyk(e) 1120–47 Dugdvi 1152–5 YChvii 1266 MinAcct 1285 KI 1361 Ass1
  • Berewyk(e) in Craven 1319 YDv
  • Beriwick in Craven 13 YDx
  • Berwi(c)k in Crauene, Berwyk in Crauene 13 YDx 1346 YDvi
  • Barwyk, Barwi(e)cke 1494 YDvi 1562 WillY 1607 PRSk

Etymology

v. bere-wīc 'barley-farm, an outlying part of an estate'. v. Craven 1supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name