Churchaw Lane

Churchaw Lane
   See Stephen's Lane.
   The word "hawe" in Church-hawe = O.E. ha3a, an enclosure, hence a "churchyard." In "Church-hay," "Hay" = "enclosure" ("he3e," O.E.), hedge, fence = "a churchyard," "precinct."

A Dictionary of London. . 1918.

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