Berkeley Heath
village · Gloucestershire
Old EnglishAI-generated
This is a subsidiary settlement to Berkeley, likely meaning 'the heath belonging to Berkeley'. It combines the older place name with the Old English word for heathland.
Word origins
- Bercelei
- Old EnglishBerkeley(from Beorcal "personal name", leah "woodland clearing")
- haeth
- Old Englishheathland(from haeth "heathland")