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.

Birkby

Other OS name in the Parish of Huddersfield

Historical Forms

  • Birkebye 1586 WillY

Etymology

, 1771 M , Birkebye 1586 WillY , ' birchfarmstead ' , v. birki , .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site