Obs. In 5 kirkehale, 6 kirkall. = CHURCH-ALE. (But in quot. 1470 (if not simply an error) app. used as = CHURCHING 1: cf. quots. 1568 s.v. CHURCH v. 1 b, 1297 s.v. CHURCH-GANG.)
c. 1470. Harding, Chron. CXXII. iii. To light His Candill then,… at his kirkehale and puryficacion.
c. 1570. Durham Depos. (Surtees), 243. This examinate being at a kirkall at the said Anne father’s house.
