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.

Birch Clough

Other OS name in the Parish of Slaidburn

Historical Forms

  • Birkinclough in Bolland 1589 WillY

Etymology

, Birkinclough in Bolland 1589 WillY , v. bircen ' birchen ' , clōh ' dell ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name