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 Wiske

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kirby Wiske

Historical Forms

  • Chi(r)chebi, Cherchebi 1086 DB
  • Kirkebi, Kirkeby 1086 DB
  • Wisc 1176–82 YCh

Etymology

v. kirkja , by . The village is on the Wiske R.

Places in the same Parish