Whitchurch Hill
hill or mountain · Staffordshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name likely means 'white church hill'. It refers to a hill with a prominent white church or a church in a white settlement.
Word origins
- Whit
- Old EnglishAttestedwhite(from hwit "white")
- church
- Old EnglishAttestedchurch(from cirice "church")
- hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")