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 Guiseley

Historical Forms

  • Birckes 1678 PRGs
  • Birks Farm 1817 M

Etymology

, Birckes 1678 PRGs, Birks Farm 1817 M , v. birki ' birch-tree ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site