English Explanatory Dictionary

Kirkley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in Ponteland parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1676).
  2. A southern suburb of Lowestoft, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM541916).
  3. A habitational surname.

Word forms

Kirkley Kirkleys Kirtley

Etymology

From Old Norse kirkja (“church”) + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to church + -ley (“lea”).

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