Meaning of Whitchurch | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A placename:
   countable, uncountable
2. A village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, and a southern suburb of Bristol, England, between Hartcliffe, Hengrove and Knowle (OS grid ref ST6167).
   countable, uncountable
3. A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8020).
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4. A suburban village in Tavistock parish, West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX4873).
   countable, uncountable
5. A civil parish east of the above village, in West Devon district, Devon.
   countable, uncountable
6. A town and civil parish with a town council in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4648).
   countable, uncountable
7. A village and civil parish (served by Whitchurch and Ganarew Group Parish Council) in south Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5417).
   countable, uncountable
8. A market town in Whitchurch Urban parish, north Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5441).
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9. A civil parish (without a council) in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2247).
   countable, uncountable
10. A northern suburb of Cardiff, Wales (OS grid ref ST1580).
    countable, uncountable
11. A small village in Solva community, west Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM7925).
    countable, uncountable
12. A former township taken into the town of Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario, Canada.
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13. A habitational surname from Old English.
    countable

Equivalents

Examples

“We lived then in Whitchurch, the Shropshire Whitchurch, which unlike all the half dozen other Whitchurches of England, is a place of no little railway interest.”

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