Newchurch Hill
hill or mountain · Powys - Powys · 425m
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name refers to a hill with a new church. 'New' indicates its recent construction, and 'church' is a direct borrowing into Old English.
Word origins
- New
- Old EnglishAttestednew(from nīwe "new")
- church
- Old EnglishAttestedchurch(from cirice "church")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")