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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_forms_in_place_names_in_the_British_Isles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_forms_in_place... Accordi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_forms_in_place_names_in_the_British_Isles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_forms_in_place... According to this "kirk" is Old Norse (i.e. Viking) in origin. It's the same Germanic root as modern English church.

vidarh 3y ago
Kirke in modern Norwegian. Scottish include quite a few other Norse forms. E.g. "bairn" (child), vs "barn" in Norwegian.