English Place-name Society

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.

Kirksteads

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkandrews upon Eden

Historical Forms

  • Kirksteeds, Kirksteads 1738 CWxxii

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Kirksteeds , Kirksteads 1738 CW xxii . v. kirkja , stede . Traditionally the site of an old church which preceded the present ruined church of St Andrew ( H ii , 521 n . ) .

Places in the same Parish