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Church Of St Candida & The Holy Cross

Other OS name in the Parish of Whitchurch Canonicorum

Etymology

, cf. æcclesiamde Witcerce 1086 DB , ecclesiam de Witchirche cum capell '1142–80 (c.1207) AddCh , Ecclesie Sancte Wite Virginis apud Witchurch c.1220Poul , Ecclesiam Sancte Crucis de Whitchirch '1288Ass , Ecclesia Albi Monasterii 1291 Tax , v. par . name supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement