Etymology

Kirkham

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Today it means: A town and civil parish in Fylde borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4232). Full definition →

Old English ċiriċe
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromċiriċe“church”
  2. English todayKirkham

From a Scandinvianized form of Old English ċiriċe (“church”) + hām (“homestead”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishċiriċe all →

churchKirkwoodKirtonCheritonKirkupWoodkirk

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.