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.

Birdforth Wapentake

Wapentake in the County of North Riding of Yorkshire

Historical Forms

  • Gerlestre wapentac 1086 DB
  • bruthewrthe scire 1088 LVD50d
  • wap' de Brud(d)eford' 1166 P 1303 Ebor
  • Brideford wap' 1170 P
  • wap. de Brudesford 1279–81 QW
  • Birdforth 1612 NR
  • thrithingum de Yarlestre et wapentagium de Bruddeford 13 RichReg
  • thrythinge de Yarlestre 1298 YI
  • thrithingu' de Yarlestre, thrydyngum de Yarlestr' 1279–81 QW