Kirk (placename element)

Kirk is found as an element in many place names in Scotland, England, and North America. It is derived from kirk, a Nordic-influenced variant of the word "church". In Scotland, it is sometimes an English translation from a Scots Gaelic form involving cille or eaglais, both words for 'church'.[1] Rarely it is found in Anglicisations of Continental European placenames which originally had Dutch kerk or a related form.

List

Kirk by itself is the name of two places:

More usually it is an element in a compound name. The remainder of this article is a list of some of these.

In Scotland

In certain situations however, apparent instances of Kirk are, in their first element, from the Scots Gaelic word Cathair meaning a seat or fortress.[2]

In England (by Lieutenancy area)

In France

In North America

References

  1. ^ "Falkirklocalhistorysociety.co.uk".
  2. ^ "Rannsaich an Stòr-dàta Briathrachais Gàidhlig".

See also

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