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Church Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Alton Pancras

Etymology

, hill reaching 789 ′ and lying one mile NE of the church ( StPancras's Church infra ) , so perhaps from PrWelsh or PrCorn *crǖg ' hill ' with explanatory OE  hyll as in ( Long ) Crichel par . 2 274 , cf. the f.n. Churchills infra .