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.

Kirkstall Abbey

Other OS name in the Parish of Leeds

Historical Forms

  • Cristall Abbey, Cristall Abbay 1523 Testv 1527 WillY
  • the Abbey 1596 PRLds
  • ye Abba(y) 1602,1612 ib

Etymology

, Cristall Abbey , Cristall Abbay 1523 Test v, 1527 WillY, the Abbey 1596 PRLds, y e Abba (y )1602, 1612 ib , v. Kirkstall supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name