Kirk is found as an element in many place names in Scotland, England, and North America. It is derived from kirk , a Nordic-influenced variant of the word "church". In Scotland, it is sometimes an English translation from a Scots Gaelic form involving cille or eaglais, both words for 'church'. [1] Rarely it is found in Anglicisations of Continental European placenames which originally had Dutch kerk or a related form.
Kirk by itself is the name of two places:
More usually it is an element in a compound name. The remainder of this article is a list of some of these.
In Scotland
In certain situations however, apparent instances of Kirk are, in their first element, from the Scots Gaelic word Cathair meaning a seat or fortress. [2]
In England (by Lieutenancy area)
In France
In North America