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.

Kirby Sigston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kirby Sigston

Historical Forms

  • Kirchebi 1088 LVD50d,51
  • Kirkeb', Kirkeby 1208–10 Fees
  • Kirkebi Sigeston, Kirkeby Sygeston 1244 Ebor

Etymology

v. kirkja , by and Sigston 212infra .

Places in the same Parish