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Survey of English Place-Names

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Birks

Other OS name in the Parish of Burton (detached)

Historical Forms

  • Berks 1692 Dep
  • (the) Bircks 1715 Will 1731 WillQ

Etymology

, Berks 1692Dep ,(the ) Bircks 1715 Will, 1731 WillQ , v. birki ' birch-tree ' .