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.

Barnells

Other OS name in the Parish of Branscombe

Historical Forms

  • Bernhill 1506 Rental

Etymology

may be identical with Bernhill 1506Rental , i.e . ' barn hill , ' the s being pseudo - manorial .