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.

Churchill Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Welton

Historical Forms

  • Chirchehul t.Ed3 ADiv
  • Churkehul

Etymology

Churchill Ho is Chirchehul n.d. AD iv, t. Ed 3Rental , Churkehul n.d. AD iv, Chirchehil 1304, Chyrchehyl 1313 AD iv. 'Hill with the church,' v. cirice . The name might have been given by the people of Daventry to the south.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site