Kirkby is a name that was brought to England by the ancestors of the Kirkby family when they migrated to the region after the Norman Conquest in 1066. The Kirkby family lived at Kirkby in Furness. The name Kirkby means village with a church.
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The Romans and the Greeks knew the country as `Seresâ, âthe land where silk comes fromâ. The name `Chinaâ does not appear in print in the west until 1516 CE in Barbosaâs journals narrating his travels in the east (though the Europeans had long known of China through trade via the Silk Road).