The story
- Old English · inherited fromKyrchetūn
- Middle English · inherited fromKirketun, kyrktone, kyrktoune
- English todaykirktown
From Middle English Kirketun, kyrktone, kyrktoune, from Old English Kyrchetūn, equivalent to kirk + town. Piecewise doublet of churchtown.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.