Etymology

Birkenhead

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Today it means: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3288). Full definition →

Old English birce
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The story

  1. Old English · derived frombirce
  2. English todayBirkenhead

From Birkheued 1260, Bircheveth c1200; headland where birch trees grow; from Old English birce + heafod.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishbirce all →

Much Birch

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