Churchbalk
hamlet · Derbyshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name likely refers to a balk or strip of land associated with a church, possibly a boundary marker or a path leading to it.
Word origins
- Church
- Old EnglishAttestedchurch(from cirice "church")
- Balk
- Old EnglishAttestedstrip of unploughed land, boundary(from balca "ridge, bank, barrier")