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.

Kelk Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Battle

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , cf. field called Kelkecroft 1387 Battle 87 . kelk is perhaps the dialectal form sometimes found for the common plant - name keck .