Kirton End
village · Lincolnshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This village name means 'the end of the church settlement'. It combines the Old English word for church with 'tun' (settlement) and 'end'.
Word origins
- Kirton
- Old EnglishAttestedchurch settlement(from circe "church", tūn "enclosure, farmstead, village")
- End
- Old EnglishAttestedend(from ende "end")