Kirkthorpe

Kirkthorpe
Kirkthorpe
Kirkthorpe shown within West Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE361210
Metropolitan borough	City of Wakefield
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WAKEFIELD
Postcode district	WF1
Dialling code	01924
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°41′11″N 1°26′48″W / 53.686491°N 1.44659°W / 53.686491; -1.44659Coordinates: 53°41′11″N 1°26′48″W / 53.686491°N 1.44659°W / 53.686491; -1.44659

Kirkthorpe is a village within the City of Wakefield metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England.

The name "Kirkthorpe" means "outlying or secondary hamlet or farmstead with a church". It is formed of two elements, the first being the Old Scandinavian word kirkja ("church") and the second being either the Old English throp or the Old Scandinavian thorp. Both of these potential second elements mean "outlying, dependent or secondary farmstead or hamlet".

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