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.

Church Beck, Church Lands, Church Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Birstall

Historical Forms

  • Church Wood 1849 TA
  • Birstalkirk 1367 Works

Etymology

, Church Wood 1849TA ,named from Birstalkirk 1367 Works , v. kirkja .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name