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 Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Neatherbirks, Overbirks 1609,1615 PR

Etymology

, Neatherbirks , Overbirks 1609, 1615 PR , v. birki .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement