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.

Birkmere Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Dacre

Historical Forms

  • Byrkemire 1272 For

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) agrees in form , and is perhaps identical with Byrkemire 1272For . v. birki , mýrr .