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churchtown en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (UK) In the southwest of England, a hamlet or village distinguished by being the location of a parish church.
   • Attached to a house in the churchtown is a tablet inscribed thus:— […] 1872, Joseph Polsue, A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall:
   • Like many Cornish fishing villages, Gorran is in two parts: a cluster of cottages and houses built around the harbour, and higher inland a 'churchtown', where the streets are broader, the houses bigger and the smell of fish (in the past) less invasive. 2015, Kirsty Fergusson, Cornwall (Slow Travel), page 163:
   • About half a mile Southwest of the churchtown is Tredrea, the seat of the Rev. Edward Giddy. 1791, Peter Barfoot, John Wilkes (of Milland House, Sussex), The Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce, and Manufacture (volume 2, page 539)
   • Zennor Churchtown

Forms

Deriveds

Mylor Churchtown

Synonyms

kirktown