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 Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Burckes 1624 Greave
  • Birkes 1693 Soy

Etymology

, 1759 HAS 16, 26 , Burckes 1624 Greave, Birkes 1693 Soy , v. birki ' birch-tree ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name