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.

Big Burles & Lt Burles, Burrell's Copse

Other OS name in the Parish of Hampreston

Historical Forms

  • claus' voc' Burdels 1541 Glyn
  • E Burl(e)s & W Burl(e)s 1837 TA

Etymology

, claus ' voc ' Burdels 1541Glyn ,E Burl (e )s & W Burl (e )s 1837TA , from a ME  surname Burdely cf. Burleston 1301 .