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Name Ending
Introduction
  -bec, beck
  -burgh
  -by, bi
  -chester, caister
  -den, dene
  -don
  -field
  -firth
  -ford
  -hall
  -ham
  -ing
  -kirk
  -ley, lea, leigh
  -minster
  -scale
  -sea, sey
  -shaw, shawe
  -stock, stoke, stow
  -thwaite
  -ton
  -ville
  -wick
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New Light on Old Place Names

KIRK
Basic meaning="church"
A few place names using the term
Kirk is used in places in Northern England and Scotland. It refers to a church or other religious building or land.
Falkirk
Kirkby
Kirkoswald
Ormskirk
Speckled or pebbled church
Settlement with a church
St Oswald's Church
Church established by Ormr


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