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.

Kirklington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kirklington

Historical Forms

  • Cyrlingtune 958 BCS1029 14th
  • Cherlinton 1086 DB
  • Kirtlingtun c.1175 Dane
  • Kirtlyngton 1333 SR 1503 Ipm
  • Kertlinton 1239 Ebor
  • Kertlington 1330 Ass
  • Kyrtelington 1268 Ebor 1276 For 1302 FA
  • Kyrtelyngton 1335 Ass
  • Kyrtelynton 1428 FA
  • Kirtelyngton 1291 Tax
  • Kirtelington 1280 Ebor
  • Curtelyngton 1280 Ass
  • Cortlington 1330 ib
  • Kirklyngton 1342 NI 1525 SR 1539 MinAcct
  • Kyrkelington 1346 FA
  • Kirkelyngton 1392 Pat
  • Kerkelington 1419 IpmR
  • Ketlington 1730 ParReg(Blidworth)

Etymology

'Cyrtla 's farm,' v. ingtun . For the evidence for the personal name cf. Kirtlington (PN NRY 220). Interchange of the sounds k and t is common, particularly before l .

Places in the same Parish