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.

Burwell

Other OS name in the Parish of Bishop's Nympton

Historical Forms

  • Birifelde 1330 SR

Etymology

is possibly identical with Birifelde 1330SR (p) . v. Introd. xxxv .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement