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.

Birks

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Birkes 1682 Dep
  • the Burks 1723 Ct

Etymology

, Birkes 1682Dep , the Burks 1723Ct , 13 , v. birki ' birch-tree ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name