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.

Kirkthorpe

Other OS name in the Parish of Killamarsh

Historical Forms

  • Kyrkethorpe 1556 FF
  • Kirkethorpe Eliz ChancP

Etymology

( lost ) , Kyrkethorpe 1556FF , Kirkethorpe Eliz ChancP , v. kirkja , þorp . It is perhaps to be identified with Church Town ( 6 ″ ) , cf. Netherthorpe, Upperthorpe and Westthorpe infra 274 .