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.

Birchley Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Gaddesden

Historical Forms

  • Bircheleye 1379 Halsey
  • Brycheley 1432 Brownlow

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Bircheleye 1379Halsey , Brycheley 1432Brownlow , v. leah .