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.

Birch How

Other OS name in the Parish of Borrowdale

Historical Forms

  • Birkhow 1695 PR(Crosth)

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Birkhow 1695 PR (Crosth) . ' Birch hill , ' v. birki , haugr .