Etymology

Woodkirk

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Today it means: A village in West Ardsley, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2725). Full definition →

Old English ċiriċe
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The story

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

From wudu (“wood”) + Old English ċiriċe (“church”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishċiriċe all →

churchKirkwoodKirkhamKirtonCheritonKirkup

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.