Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Church (St John) 1846,1863,1877 White

• Church (St John the Baptist) 1925 Kelly

• ecclesiam de Hungerton, ecclesie de Hungerton 1220 MHW 1306,1351 Pat

• ecclesia parochiali de Hungarton 1549 ib

• the Church yarde 1605,1625 Terrier

• the Churchyard 1625(1671),1709,1826 ib

• ye Churchyeard 1679 ib

Etymology

, Church (St John )1846, 1863, 1877 White, Church (St John the Baptist )1925 Kelly; it is earlier recorded as ecclesiam de Hungerton , ecclesie de Hungerton 1220 MHW, 1306, 1351Pat , ecclesia parochiali de Hungarton 1549ib .Note also the Church yarde 1605, 1625Terrier , the Churchyard 1625(1671), 1709, 1826ib , ye Churchyeard 1679ib , v. chirche-ʒeard .