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.

Church Hill (Ho)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stalbridge

Etymology

Church Hill (Ho) (Kelly), near St Mary's Church infra , possibly to be associated with of ciric hylle , on ciric hylle 933 (12) SherC (S 423) in the Anglo-Saxon bounds of Stalbridge Weston, v. cirice 'church', hyll 'hill', cf. Ekwall Studies1 52.