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.

Kemplah

Early-attested site in the Parish of Guisborough

Historical Forms

Kempclive 13 Guis

Kempley 1539 Dugdvi.275

Etymology

'Kempi's cliff' from the ON by-name Kempi (LindBN) and clif. For loss of final f cf. Hamley 80supra .

Places in the same Parish