Church Hill
hill or mountain · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This is a descriptive name for a hill, likely one that had a church on or near it. The term 'church' refers to a Christian place of worship, and 'hill' denotes an elevated area of land.
Word origins
- Church
- Old EnglishAttestedchurch(from cirice "church")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")