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.

Kitley

Other OS name in the Parish of Yealmpton

Historical Forms

  • Kitelhey 1310 Ipm
  • Kytelegh 1333 SR

Etymology

is Kitelhey 1310Ipm, Kytelegh 1333SR (p) . Probably ' kite-clearing , ' v. leah , the h in the first form being a clerical error .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement