Kirkby
Kirkby is a common place-name is a narrow area of Great Britain, namely those shires which fell under Danish or Norse rule in the Dark Ages. The name is typically promounced 'kerbi'. It is name derived from Old Norse (or Old Danish) and means "Church village" so it may indicate the place where a church stood serving remote districts and to which folk would come of a Sunday for worship. There are many such "church towns" in Norway.
Six counties hold all noteworthy instances, and so Kirkby may be:
- Lancashire:
- Leicestershire:
- Lincolnshire:
- Nottinghamshire:
- Westmorland:
- Yorkshire:
- North Riding:
- West Riding:
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