English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

The Churchleys

Other OS name in the Parish of Foston and Scropton

Historical Forms

  • Chirchlowe 13th Tutbury
  • Churchlow 1611 DuLaSC

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Chirchlowe 13thTutbury ,Churchlow 1611DuLaSC , ' church hill ' , v. cirice , hlāw , with the common confusion between hlāw and lēah , in this case in the plural .