churchtown

plural churchtowns

1. UKIn the southwest of England, a hamlet or village distinguished by being the location of a parish church.

   Zennor Churchtown

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   Attached to a house in the churchtown is a tablet inscribed thus:— […]

   1872, Joseph Polsue, A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall

   About half a mile Southwest of the churchtown is Tredrea, the seat of the Rev. Edward Giddy.

   1791, Peter Barfoot, John Wilkes (of Milland House, Sussex), The Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce, and Manufacture (volume 2, page 539)

   Like many Cornish fishing villages, Gorran is in two parts: a cluster of cottages and houses built around the harbour, and higher inland a 'churchtown', where the streets are broader, the houses bigger and the smell of fish (in the past) less invasive.

   2015, Kirsty Fergusson, Cornwall (Slow Travel), page 163

   Synonyms: kirktown

1. A number of places in England:
   1. A hamlet in St Breward parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX0977).
   2. A small settlement in Sebergham parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY3641).
   3. A hamlet in Darley Dale parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2663)
   4. A small settlement in Parracombe parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS6744).
   5. A hamlet in Bridgerule parish, Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS2803).
   6. A village in Kirkland parish, Wyre district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD4843).
   7. A suburb of Southport, Sefton borough, Merseyside (OS grid ref SD3618).
   8. A hamlet in Mainstone parish, south-west Shropshire (OS grid ref SO2687).
   9. A hamlet in Luxborough parish, Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS9737).
2. A small village west of Ramsey, Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC4294).
3. A village and townland near Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland.
4. A village south-east of Cloyne, County Cork, also known as Churchtown South.
5. A southern suburb of Dublin, Ireland.
6. A few places in the United States:
   1. Synonym of Church, Iowa.

      Synonyms: Church, Iowa

   2. An unincorporated community in Pennsville Township, Salem County, New Jersey.

      Former name: Penns Neck

   3. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio.
   4. A census-designated place in Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.