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.

Burwains Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Burnsall

Historical Forms

  • Borrens 1840 TA

Etymology

, Borrens 1840TA , v. burgæsn ' burial-place, cairn ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name