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.

Birkettfield

Other OS name in the Parish of Threlkeld

Historical Forms

  • Bürckhet fealde 1574 ElizKes
  • Birket field 1615 PR(Greystoke)

Etymology

is Bürckhet fealde 1574 ElizKes, Birket field 1615 PR(Greystoke) . The form of 1574 reflects the speech of the German miners working in the Keswick area in the 16th century .