Etymology

Killingworth

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Today it means: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2771). Full definition →

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The story

From the unattested Old English personal name *Cylla + -ing (“belonging to”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

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