Alvechurch
Major Settlement in the Parish of Alvechurch
Historical Forms
- Alviethe Cyrice, Aluieuecerche, Ælfiðe cyrce 11th Heming
- Ælfgyðe cyrcan c.1200 BCS1320
- Alvievecherche 1086 DB
- Aluithechirche c.1086 EveB 1190 ClR 1212 WoC 1240 c.1240
- Alvichech' 1208 Fees38
- Alvinechurche 1244 FF
- Alvechirche 1275 SR
- Alvenechurch 1285 Pat
- Alninechirch 1291 Tax
- Alvynechirche 1292 Pat
- Aumthechirche 13th ADi
- Alderyche 1521 LP
- Allchurch 16th Wills 1675 Ogilby
Etymology
'The church of Ælfgȳð ,' with early confusion with another OE woman's name, viz. Ælfgiefu , ME Alvive . For Ælfgȳð cf. Elueþelond in Leigh (c. 1270). Forms which should have u or v have often been transcribed by editors as containing n . For this interesting example of an 'owned' church in the possession of a woman, cf. Mawer, Place-names and History 26. For similar reduction of the same OE name cf. Alveley (Sa), pronounced [ɑˑvli], and Aveley (Ess). It has developed differently in Allacott in Shebbear (D), Alvethecote in 1426.