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Dunkeswick Moor
Dunkeswick is a hamlet in Harrogate district, Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, just north of the River Wharfe, off the A61 road, A61, around a kilometre north of Harewood, West Yorkshire, Harewood and two kilometres south of Kirkby Overblow. Etymology The name of Dunkeswick comes from the Old English words ''cheese#Etymology, cēse'' ('cheese') and ''-wich town, wīc'' ('dwelling, specialised farm'), and thus once meant 'farm specialising in cheese production'. The fact that ''keswick'' begins with [-] rather than the [] sound of ''cheese'', however, reflects the influence of Old Norse pronunciation on the local language. The additional element ''Dun'' seems to have been added to distinguish the settlement from other places called Keswick (other)#United Kingdom, Keswick, such as the nearby East Keswick.Harry Parkin, ''Your City's Place-Names: Leeds'', English Place-Name Society City-Names Series, 3 (Nottingham: English Place-Name Society, 2017). History The war memo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkby Overblow
Kirkby Overblow is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Wetherby and Harrogate and lies to the west of Sicklinghall and the east of Leeds Bradford International Airport. It has a church called All Saints and a Church of England primary school affiliated with the church. Kirkby Overblow has a bus stop, but no railway station or post office. History The first written reference to Kirkby Overblow appears in the Domesday Book, where it appears as ''Cherchebi''. The ''Kirkby'' part of the name is a common prefix, simply meaning a settlement by a church, while ''Overblow'' is a corruption of ''Oreblow'', a reference to the village's iron-smelting past. Kirkby Overblow was a large ancient parish, which included the townships of Kearby with Netherby (including the hamlets of Kearby and Netherby), Rigton (which later became North Rigton), Sicklinghall and Stainburn. All these places became separate civil parishes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |