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Kirk (placename element)

Kirk is found as an element in many place names in Scotland, England, and North America. It is derived from kirk, a Nordic-influenced variant of the word "church". In Scotland, it is sometimes an English translation from a Scots Gaelic form involving cille or eaglais, both words for 'church'. Rarely it is found in Anglicisations of Continental European placenames which originally had Dutch kerk or a related form.

List

Kirk by itself is the name of two places:

Kirk, Caithness, Highland
Kirk, Colorado, a US town

More usually it is an element in a compound name. The remainder of this article is a list of some of these.

In Scotland

Ashkirk, Scottish Borders
Falkirk
Halkirk, Caithness, Highland
Kirkbuddo, Angus
Kirkburn, Scottish Borders
Kirkcowan, Dumfries and Galloway
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway
Kirkconnel, Dumfries and Galloway
Kirkfieldbank, South Lanarkshire
Kirkhill, Highland
Kirkhill, South Lanarkshire
Kirkhope, Scottish Borders
Kirkliston, Edinburgh
Kirkmaiden, Dumfries and Galloway
Kirkmichael, South Ayrshire
Kirkmuirhill, South Lanarkshire
Kirknewton, West Lothian
Kirkoswald, South Ayrshire
Kirkton of Skene, Aberdeenshire, and many other Kirktons, all tiny, and mostly matched with a Castleton or a Milton.
Kirk, Caithness, Highland
Kirkton (various)
Kirkwall, Orkney
Kirkwood, Coatbridge
Kirkwood Estate, East Ayrshire
Kirk Yetholm, Scottish Borders
Prestonkirk, East Lothian
Selkirk, Scottish Borders

In certain situations however, apparent instances of Kirk are, in their first element, from the Scots Gaelic word Cathair meaning a seat or fortress.

Kirkcaldy, Fife
Kirkintilloch

In England (by Lieutenancy area)

County Durham
- Kirk Merrington
- Romaldkirk (formerly North Riding of Yorkshire)
Cambridge
- Kirkham
- Kirkgate
Chadkirk, Cheshire
Cumbria
- Kirkbride
- Kirkby-in-Furness
- Kirkby Kendal
- Kirkoswald
- Kirkland, Woodside, Cumberland
- Kirkland, Lamplugh, Cumberland
- Kirkland, Culgaith, Westmorland and Furness
- Kirkstone Pass
Lancashire/ Merseyside
- Kirkdale, Liverpool, Merseyside
- Kirkby, Merseyside
- Kirkham
- Kirkland
- Kirkholt
- Ormskirk
- Church Kirk (meaning church church; a tautology)
Colkirk, Norfolk
Peakirk, Northamptonshire
Nottinghamshire
- Kirkby-in-Ashfield
- Kirklington
Northumberland
- Kirkharle
- Kirkhaugh
- Kirkheaton
- Kirknewton
Kirkley, Suffolk
Lincolnshire
- Kirkby on Bain
- Kirkstead
Yorkshire
- East Riding of Yorkshire
  - Kirkburn
- North Yorkshire
  - Kirkbymoorside
  - Kirkdale
  - Kirkham
  - Kirklevington
  - Kirkleatham
  - Kirklington
  - Felixkirk
- West Yorkshire
  - Kirkhamgate
  - Kirkheaton
  - Kirklees
  - Kirkstall
  - Kirkburton
Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmoreland

In France

Dunkirk, Nord-Pas-de-Calais (from Dutch Duinkerke; French Dunkerque) In North America
Kirkpatrick, Oregon, United States
Newkirk, Oklahoma, United States
Kirkland, Washington, United States
Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada, named after Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk

References

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