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.

Birch Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of East Dean

Historical Forms

  • Bircheswood Enclosure 1830 M

Etymology

, Bircheswood Enclosure 1830 M , v. birce , wudu ; the term Inclosure is frequent in names of enclosed parts of the forest .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement