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.

Kirkby Wharfe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kirkby Wharfe

Historical Forms

  • Chirchebi 1086 DB
  • Kirkebi, Kyrkebi, Kyrkeby 1180–1200 YCh 1279 Ch 1285 KI 1305 Hom 1433 YDx
  • Kyrkeby super Querf 1239–43 RegAlbii,32d 1317,1342 BM 1409 Fabr
  • Kyrkeby super Werf 1254 YI 1298 Hom
  • Kyrkeby super Wherf, Kyrkeby on Wherf 1303 Ebor 1413 YI
  • Kyrkeby on Wharf 1373 FF 1433 Pat
  • Kirkby, Kyrkby 1303 KF 1371 Works
  • Kyrkby super Wharf(e), Kyrkby opon Wharf(e), Kyrkby upon Wharf(e), Wharff 1433 YDx 1520 Testv 1655 WillS
  • Kyrkby in Elmete 1461 NCWills
  • Kirkebie Wharffe 1616 FF
  • Kirby Wharf 1729 PRSxt

Etymology

'Village with a church', v. kirkju-. For the affixes v. R. Wharfe (RNs.), Elmet 1supra .