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.

Bircham

Other OS name in the Parish of Burrington

Historical Forms

  • Bircham 1407 Cl
  • Byrcheham 1443 FF 1503 Ipm

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Bircham 1407 Cl, Byrcheham 1443FF , 1503 Ipm . ' Birch ham(m) . '