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.

Birknab Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Melmerby

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is clearly ' birch tree point , ' v. birki , nabbi .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement