Birchen Edge
hill or mountain · Derbyshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name likely refers to an 'edge' or ridge where birch trees grow. 'Birce' is Old English for birch, and 'ecg' means edge or ridge.
Word origins
- Birchen
- Old EnglishAttestedbirch(from birce "birch tree")
- Edge
- Old EnglishAttestededge, ridge(from ecg "edge, ridge")