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.

Burroughs

Other OS name in the Parish of Hendon

Historical Forms

  • land called Borowis in Hendon 1529–32 ECP
  • Burrowes 1574 HendonSurv

Etymology

is land called Borowis in Hendon 1529–32 ECP, Burrowes 1574HendonSurv . Cf. le Berwestret 1316 ib. , Borowstrete 1493 ib . The first element is beorg , ' hill , ' the ' high down ' itself .