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Survey of English Place-Names

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Monks Kirby

Major Settlement in the Parish of Monks Kirby

Historical Forms

  • Kirkeberia, Kirkebiria 1077 Monast
  • Chircheberie 1086 DB
  • Kirkebi c.1160 BM 1169 Ch 1171to1184 P 1198 BM 1535 VE
  • Kirchebey c.1170 BirmDeed
  • Kirkebi Monachorum 1199 ClR
  • Kirkebi Moynes 1305 Ch 1400 Pat
  • Kerkebi 1175 P
  • Monkenkirkeby 1416 FF
  • Monks Kyrkeby 1427 ADv
  • Mounkeskirkeby 1439 ADiii
  • Kirkbye 1546 LP
  • Monkes Kirbye ib.
  • Monckes Kerby 1578 ADv
  • Kerbey 1627 SR

Etymology

'Church village,' v. kirkja , by . For the DB form v. Introd. xxii.Geoffrey de Wirce gave land here to the monks of St Nicholas of Angers in 1077 (Dugdale 50).