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.
Survey of English place-names
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Kirkbank
Kirkbank
Early-attested site in the Parish of Whicham
Historical Forms
Kirkebaunk
1278
Ass
Kirkbank(s)
1653,1654
PR
Etymology
v.
kirkja
.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
Whicham Hall
Whicham Mill
Baldmire
Bank Ho
Baystone Bank Fm
Beckside
Chappels Fm
Cross Bank
Fell Brow
Fore Slack
Gate Side
Grice Croft
Hallbeck
Hill End
Keldbank
Millhaw Wood
Mire Mouth
Parsonage Breast
Sledbank
Southfield
Townend Knotts
White Hall Knott
Early-attested site
Croftbathoc
Hellpool Bridge
Satherton
Silecroft
Whole Pippin
Major Settlement
Whicham