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.

Barn Hill Coppice

Early-attested site in the Parish of Alderminster

Historical Forms

  • Bernewelle 13th ADiii

Etymology

As both these are by Goldicote, they perhaps took their name from the same barn (v. bern ) or from the same man named Beorna , or the Barnhill may be a corruption of Barnwell after it was reduced to Barnell .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement