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.

Kilkenny

Other OS name in the Parish of Bibury

Historical Forms

  • New Farm 1777 M

Etymology

, 1830M , formerly New Farm 1777 M ; like Kilkenny (189infra ) , named from Kilkenny ( Ireland ) , which was captured by Cromwell in 1650 .