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.

Church Lane

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sibthorpe

Historical Forms

  • Kirkelane 1336 Cl

Etymology

Church Lane (6″) is Kirkelane 1336 Cl. Cf. Kirkecauce 1349 Pat. The second element of the latter form is ME  cauce , 'causeway,' cf. infra 277. v. Introd. xxiii.

Places in the same Parish