Kirkby in Ashfield
Major Settlement in the Parish of Kirkby in Ashfield
Historical Forms
- Chirchebi 1086 DB 1163,1166,1168,1169,1170 P
- Kirchebi 1166 ib
- Kirkebi 1174 CR 1175 P
- Kirkeby 1212 Fees 1347 Ipm
- Kirkeby juxta Shyrewode 1292 FF
- Kerkebi 1169,1170 P
- Cherkebi 1172,1173 ib
- Kerchebi 1174 ib
- Kierkebi 1202 ib
Etymology
'Church village,' v. kirkja , by . Ashfield is an old district name (v. supra 12), though no mention of it has been found except in connection with Kirkby and Sutton infra 134. Kirkeby in Esfeld first appears in 1216 PatR.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Cox Moor
- Gilt Bridge Fm
- Boar Hill
- Franderground
- Doles Lane
- Ash Fm
- Bentinck Town
- Bleak Hall
- The Dumbles
- Hanging Wood
- Hook Wood
- Joan Slut Plantation
- Kirkbybogs
- Kirkby Forest
- Kirkby Woodhouse
- Mill Ho
- Mosley Hills
- Nail Nest Hill
- The Park
- Pearl Fm
- Portland Fm
- Robin Hood's Chair and Robin Hood's Hills
- Shire Carr
- Star Leys
- Studfold