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.

Embsay Kirk

Other OS name in the Parish of Skipton

Historical Forms

  • Emsey kyrke 1599 PRSk

Etymology

, Emsey kyrke 1599 PRSk , v. kirkja , here referring to the Augustinian abbey and later the church .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name