Etymology

Kirk Hammerton

Today it means: A village and civil parish in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4655). Full definition →

Middle English kyrke ← Old Norse kirkja
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromkirkja
  2. Middle English · derived fromkyrke
  3. English todayKirk Hammerton

Recorded as Kyrkehamerton (1286), "Hammerton with the church", from Middle English kyrke and Old Norse kirkja + the Hamerton family.

Words from the same roots

Old Norsekirkja all →

Kirkley

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.