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.

Kirkby Beck, Kirkby Fell & Kirkby Top

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Malham

Historical Forms

  • Kirkber 1771 M

Etymology

( 1858 O.S. ) ( 1771 M ) ( formerly Kirkber 1771 M ) , v. bekkr , fjall , topp , beorg ' hill ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site