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.

Burholme

Early-attested site in the Parish of Slaidburn

Historical Forms

  • Birholm 1343 MinAcct
  • Byrolm 1367 Kirkst
  • Burholm(e) 1650 WillY 1708 PRBlt
  • Ber(e)holme 1651 ParlSurv

Etymology

Burholme, Birholm 1343MinAcct , Byrolm 1367 Kirkst, Burholm (e )1650 WillY, 1708 PRBlt, Ber (e )holme 1651ParlSurv . 'Watermeadow with a cowshed', v. bȳre , holmr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name