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.

Charnaford Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thelbridge

Historical Forms

  • Churne 1397 Pat
  • Churne in the parish of Witherigge 1489 Ipm

Etymology

This is probably the common stream- name Churn (v. Ekwall RN 78).