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churchtown

churchtown noun: in the southwest of England, a hamlet or village distinguished by being the location of a parish church.

Noun

churchtown (plural churchtowns)

  1. (UK) In the southwest of England, a hamlet or village distinguished by being the location of a parish church.
    • Zennor Churchtown
    • Attached to a house in the churchtown is a tablet inscribed thus:— […]1872, Joseph Polsue, A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall
    Synonyms:
    kirktown

Proper noun capitalized: Churchtown

Churchtown

  1. A hamlet in St Breward parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX0977).
  2. A small settlement in Sebergham parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY3641).
  3. A hamlet in Darley Dale parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2663)
  4. A small settlement in Parracombe parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS6744).
  5. A hamlet in Bridgerule parish, Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS2803).
  6. A village in Kirkland parish, Wyre district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD4843).
  7. A suburb of Southport, Sefton borough, Merseyside (OS grid ref SD3618).
  8. A hamlet in Mainstone parish, south-west Shropshire (OS grid ref SO2687).
  9. A hamlet in Luxborough parish, Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS9737).
  10. A small village west of Ramsey, Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC4294).
  11. A village and townland near Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland.
  12. A village south-east of Cloyne, County Cork, also known as Churchtown South.
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  1. A southern suburb of Dublin, Ireland.
  2. Synonym of Church, Iowa.
    Synonyms:
    Church, Iowa
  3. An unincorporated community in Pennsville Township, Salem County, New Jersey.
    • Former name: Penns Neck
  4. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio.
  5. A census-designated place in Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Synonyms of churchtown

Forms of churchtown

pluralchurchtowns

Origin of churchtown

From Middle English cherch toune, church toune, from Old English ċiriċtūn, equivalent to church + town. Piecewise doublet of kirktown.

From church + town.

Words formed from churchtown

Questions about churchtown

What does churchtown mean?
Churchtown means in the southwest of England, a hamlet or village distinguished by being the location of a parish church.
What part of speech is churchtown?
Churchtown can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of churchtown?
The plural of churchtown is churchtowns.

Words near churchtown in the dictionary

  1. Churchstanton
  2. churchsteeples
  3. Churchstoke
  4. churchtower
  5. churchtowers
  6. churchtown
  7. churchtowns
  8. Churchville
  9. churchward
  10. churchwarden
  11. churchwarden pipe

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