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Litchurch

suburban area · City of Derby

Old EnglishAI-generated

Litchurch is thought to originate from the Old English 'līc', meaning 'corpse' or 'body', possibly indicating a place of burial. This is combined with 'ċiriċe', meaning 'church'.

Word origins

Lich
Old Englishcorpse, body(from līc "corpse, body")
urch
Old Englishchurch(from ċiriċe "church")