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.

Kirkcambeck

Early-attested site in the Parish of Askerton

Historical Forms

  • Camboc c.1177 Weth 1386 Carliol
  • Cambock 1278 Ass
  • Kambek 1363 Ipm
  • Kirkecamboc c.1280 Laner
  • Kirkekambok' 1284 Ass
  • Kirkecambok' 1289 ib
  • Kircambok 1292 ib
  • Kirkambek 1363 Ipm
  • Kirkcamocke 1589 ExchKR
  • Kirkamocke 1603 Gilsland
  • Kircammacke 1669 PR(Laner)

Etymology

'The place on Cam Beck (supra 7) marked by a church,' v. kirkja .According to Hutchinson (ii, 97), the church was in ruins in 1794.