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.

Burncrofts

Other OS name in the Parish of Hilston

Historical Forms

  • Brend(e)crofte 12th,13th Nunkeel
  • Bryndcrofte 1221–35 Melsa
  • Bryncrofte 1321 YD

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Brend (e )crofte 12th, 13thNunkeel , Bryndcrofte 1221–35 Melsa, Bryncrofte 1321 YD . ' Burnt enclosure , ' v. brende , croft .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement