Kirkby Green, in the Langoe Wapentake of Lincolnshire, comes from the Old Norse appellative compound kirkju-by ‘a village with a church’.
The affix Green come from Old English grene ‘grassy spot, a village green’
This object is related to Kirkby Green, Lincolnshire. Find out about Kirkby Green, Lincolnshire.
Kenneth Cameron, A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names. Nottingham: English Place-Name Society (1998), pp. 74-75.
