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.

Birkhaw

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Birkhawe 1615 PR
  • Birka 1631 ib

Etymology

, Birkhawe 1615 PR, Birka 1631 ib , ' birch-treehill ' , v. birki , haugr .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement