Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Kirkless

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hackness

Historical Forms

Kirkelach 1108–14 Whitby 1204 ChR 1308 Whitby

Kirkelac, Kirkelak 1109–14 YCh 1314 NRS

Etymology

'Church clearing' v. kirkja , leah . On the form -lac (h ) v. Helmsley 71supra .

Places in the same Parish