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.

Birchley Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bockleton

Historical Forms

Bercheleg, Birchele(ye) 1235 FF 1275

in Boclinton 1283 FF

Etymology

'Birch-clearing,' v. leah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Bockleton