Birchall
village · Staffordshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Birchall likely means 'birch clearing' or 'birch wood'. It combines the Old English word for 'birch' with 'halh', meaning a nook, corner, or dry ground.
Word origins
- Birch
- Old EnglishAttestedbirch tree(from birce "birch tree")
- hall
- Old EnglishAttestednook, corner, dry ground(from halh "nook, corner, dry ground")