The Place-name Kirkby Lonsdale

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Kirkby Lonsdale - place-name elements and their meanings

        Kirkby Lonsdale:  'village with a church'

        kirkju-byr ( Old Norse)  'Village with a church'

       This place was the head of a large ecclesiastical parish. The affix is the

       name of the valley, to distinguish from other Kirkby’s e.g Kirkby Kendal, Kirkby Stephen

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