The story
- Old English · derived frombirċe“birch”
- English todayBirchley
From a minor place in Merseyside, from Old English birċe (“birch”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to birch + -ley (“lea”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishbirċe all →
birchBurchfieldBriscoBirchallbircherBirchmore
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.