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monastery (from grana gerendo), from which it was always at some little 



distance. One of the monks was usually appointed to inspect the accounts 



of the farm. He was called the prior of the grange — in barbarous Latin, 



' grangiarius.' " — Malone. 

 Kedleston. — (D.D. B. Chetelestvne.) — C. Cadell, a personal name, and 



.VS. tun — a town ; — Cadell's town, — or from A.S. Chetel, a personal name, 



and A.S. tun — a town ; — Chetel's town. 

 Kilburn or Kilbourne.— C kil — a hermit's cell, and afterwards a church, 



and A.S. burne — a stream, a brook ; — the brook by the cell or church. 

 Killamarsh.— (D.D.B. Chinewolde Maresc, Chinewoldemaresc.)— A.S. 



Cynwold, a personal name, and A.S. mersc — a fen or marsh ; — Cynwold's 



marsh. 

 Kingsmead. — A.S. cyning, cyng — a king, ruler, prince, from cyn, cynn — 



a nation, a people, a race, and ing — a son, a descendant, and A.S. msed — 



that which is mown or cut down, a mead, a meadow ; — the king's meadow. 

 King's Newton. — (D.D.B. Newetvn.) — For the derivation of the first 



component member, see Kingsmead, supra. For the second component 



see Newton, infra. 

 Kirk Hallam.— See Hallam, Kirk. 

 Kirk Ireton.— See Ireton, Kirk. 

 Kirk Langley.— See Langley, Kirk. 

 Kniveton.— (D.D.B. Cheninetun.) — A.S. cyne— kingly, regal, royal, and 



A.S. tun — a town ; — the royal town. 

 Knowl. — A.S. cnoll — a knoll, a hill, top, cop, summit. 

 Langley. — (D.D.B. Langeleie, Langelei.) — A.S. lang, long — long, and 



A. S. leg, leag, lea, leah, lag, lah — a meadow, a field, land ; — the long 



field. 

 Langley, Kirk. — For the derivation of Langley, see above. The 



adjunct is derived from the N. kyrkia (A.S. cyrice, cyrece, cyrce, 



cirice. circe,) a Church, and forming an adjunct to a place-name as above, 



it indicates Church property as distinguished from that held by the lord. 



The long field belonging to the Church. 

 Langwith. — A.S. lang, long — long, and A.S. withie, withige — a willow ; — 



the long willow, i.e. the place of the long willow. 

 Lea. — (D.D.B. Lede.) — A.S leg, leag, lea, leah, lag, lah — a meadow, a 



field, land, from licgan, liggan — to lie, originally denoting meadows or 



land lying fallow after a crop. 

 Lees. — The derivation is the same as in Lea, q.v. 

 Lees, North. — For the derivation of Lees, see above. The adjunct is 



A.S. north — north. 

 Lindhay. — A.S. lind, linde — the linden or lime tree, and A.S. hage, haga 



— a hedge, or that which is hedged in — an enclosure ; — the lime tree hedge 



or enclosure. 



