Burwash Family History
Burwash Name Meaning
from Burwash (Sussex) recorded as Burgersa in the 12th century. The place-name is from Old English burg ‘earthwork fortification’ + ersc ‘ploughland’. Burrish (1590) represents a well recorded post-medieval pronunciation of the place-name.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016