Legacy thumb|Toponymy within present day South Yorkshire, the former Kingdom of Jorvik, showing the lasting legacy of Danish settlement The influence of this period of Scandinavian settlement can still be seen in the North of England and the East Midlands, and is particularly evident in place-names, endings such as -howe, -by (meaning "village") or -thorp ("hamlet") having Old Norse origins. There seems to be a remarkable number of Kirby/Kirkby names, thought to stem from Old Norse kirk ("church", compare for church) and -by ("village"), some with remains of Anglo-Saxon buildings,Taylor, H.M. & Taylor, Joan, Anglo-Saxon Architecture. Cambridge, 1965. indicating both a Norse origin and early church building.introduction, Biddulph, Joseph Old Danish of the Old Danelaw. Pontypridd, 2003. .
Legacy thumb|Toponymy within present day South Yorkshire, the former Kingdom of Jorvik, showing the lasting legacy of Danish settlement The influence of this period of Scandinavian settlement can still be seen in the North of England and the East Midlands, and is particularly evident in place-names, endings such as -howe, -by (.meaning "village") or -thorp ("hamlet") having Old Norse origins. There seems to be a remarkable number of Kirby/Kirkby names, thought to stem from Old Norse kirk ("church", compare for church) and -by ("village"), some with remains of Anglo-Saxon buildings,Taylor, H.M. & Taylor, Joan, Anglo-Saxon Architecture. Cambridge, 1965. indicating both a Norse origin and early church building.introduction, Biddulph, Joseph Old Danish of the Old Danelaw. Pontypridd, 2003. 