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.

Birk Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Whinfell

Historical Forms

Birkbancke 1652 Cocker

Etymology

is Birkbancke 1652Cocker . ' Birch-tree bank , ' v. birki .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Whinfell