Killamarsh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A large village and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4580).

Word forms

Killamarsh

Etymology

First attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Chinewoldemaresc. It appears as Kinewaldesmers in the Charter Roll for 1249. The name means "Cynewald's marsh".

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