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.
Survey of English place-names
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Birkhill Wood
Birkhill Wood
Other OS name in the Parish of Rowley
Etymology
( 6 ″ ) . Cf.
Birkyn
1254
Warter
. ' Birchen (place) . '
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Hunsley
Bentley
Little Weighton
Riplingham
Risby
Other OS name
Bentley Park Farm
Green Gate
Hall Garth
Jillywoods
Socken Wood
Major Settlement
Rowley