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.

High Birks & Low Birks

Other OS name in the Parish of Clapham

Historical Forms

  • Birks 1595 PRClp
  • Birkes 1599 FF

Etymology

, Birks 1595 PRClp, Birkes 1599 FF , v. birki ' birch-tree ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement