Fox Bield
Other OS name in the Parish of Birker and Austhwaite
Etymology
( 6 ″ ) contains the Scottish and northern English bield , ' shelter, den, place of refuge . ' Cf. “ The fox will not worry near his beeld ” ( Abp . Sandys ' Sermons 1585 , quoted in NED ) .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Low Birker
- Birker Dub
- Birkerthwaite
- Brant Rake
- High Ground
- Low Ground, Milkingstead Mire
- Sword Ho
- Tewit Moss
- Whincop
- Wonder Hill