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.

Birk Moss

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Birk Mosse 1556 Kendi,347

Etymology

1836KCR , Birk Mosse 1556 Kend i, 347 , ' birch-tree bog ' , v. birki , mos .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name