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.

Kirkhamgate

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wakefield

Historical Forms

  • Kirkhamgate 1709 WMB 1817 M

Etymology

The church (v. kirkja ) may well be Woodkirk, as the hamlet is on the road from Wakefield to Woodkirk, v. gata 'road'. The second el. is doubtful.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site