Churchward

churchward English Etymology An occupational family name, a contraction of churchwarden, in turn from en ang - cyrce weard a "churchwarden" or "sacristan". Proper noun en occupations. en 1957 July C. Hamilton Ellis Six Decades of Locomotives Railway Magazine 471 In the present writer's opinion there was no greater and more successful locomotive engineer in the country, during the first quarter-century, than George Jackson Churchward of the Great Western Railway. This statement is made without prejudice, for I was brought up on the other line extending from Waterloo to Padstow, and between Swindon and Eastleigh there was a great gulf fixed. See also en churchward en Churchwood en Churchyard, en churchyard References The Churchward Home Page, accessed on 2005-05-16 Anglo-Saxon dictionary, accessed on 2005-05-16