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 Bradford

Historical Forms

  • Bircks 1572 HAS
  • Birks 1641 WillC
  • the Berkes 1655 WillS

Etymology

, Bircks 1572 HAS 29,13, Birks 1641 WillC, the Berkes 1655 WillS , v. birki ' birch-tree ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name