It has been suggested that the field names are corruptions of the Anglo-Saxon words "burh" or "beorg", meaning townships or mounds of ruined buildings, and that they refer to a medieval settlement now vanished and buried.

It has been proposed that these droves converged at Churchill Green, the place where cattle, sheep and produce would be conveniently gathered and markets held.

[2]: 24  Accordingly, there is no clear reason why a village should disappear unless dispossessed by a landlord, anxious to surround his house with a park, or decimated by plague, of which there is no evidence.

[2]: 24 [c] The Domesday survey did not mention Churchill since it was part of the Manor of Banwell, in the Hundred of Winterstoke, belonging to the Bishop of Bath and Wells and not held in fee direct from the King.

The southern border of the parish lies within the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and rises to a height of about 180 metres (600 feet).

Further north the land descends into the valley of the Congresbury Yeo river which ultimately drains westward into the Bristol Channel between the coastal towns of Clevedon and Weston-super-Mare.

[8]: 3 This northern area is sparsely populated and artificially drained, lying almost at sea level, where drainage ditches, or rhynes, replace stone walls and hedges as the field boundaries.

The edge of the hills has Carboniferous Limestone that has been exposed on the Black Down Pericline due to the erosion of the overlying Triassic dolomitic conglomerate.

Mines in Dolebury Warren have sought lead (galena) with silver, iron (hematite), ochre (limonite), manganese (for glass making) and zinc carbonate (calamine);[14] the latter for brass manufacture.

Pastoral farming is an important element in the ecology, providing species rich grassland and dung fauna as prey for foraging bats.

There are Sites of Special Scientific Interest at Yanal Bog and the adjacent rhynes, Dolebury Warren, and Mendip Lodge Wood.

[17] The increase in population since 1918 is largely due to the internal combustion engine enabling people to live in Churchill and commute to work elsewhere.

The parish is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom as part of the Wells and Mendip Hills parliamentary constituency.

The parish council's role[citation needed] also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, such as the memorial hall, playing fields and playgrounds, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport and street cleaning.

These and other railways gave bulk access to distant markets and the possibility of introducing mass-produced building materials and farm equipment.

The society currently runs a 10-seater minibus, adapted with an electric ramp for access, which takes people from the villages into Weston-super-Mare eight times a fortnight.

The grant was awarded on the basis that, in addition to their existing scheduled service, the society would provide community transport for the Parish of Sandford and Winscombe.

Langford House, built in the middle of the 19th century, is now the location of the University of Bristol Veterinary School, with around 650 undergraduate and postgraduate students and 300 staff.

Among the remains of Robert's Norman building is the spherical bowl of the font and possibly the fascia stone of a sundial built, upside down, into the wall of a stairway in the south aisle of St John the Baptist.

In about 1290 the south aisle was built, with a mortuary chapel, including an altar, hagioscope and piscina, at the east end for the Fitzpayne family.

Later in the 15th century, the north aisle was erected, and later, the western tower was completed, probably in 1486, by Sir Nicholas St Loe, Lord of the manor.

He was in Port Elizabeth in 1857 to 1874, and again after the death of his wife, returning finally in 1877 when he bought Langford House and estate, now the University of Bristol School of Veterinary Science.

[29]: 31 Mendip Lodge was an Italianate mansion, that was situated in Upper Langford on the steep north slope, with a veranda 26 metres (85 feet) long.

The prize is intended "to recognise and celebrate groups, individuals or organisations who make an outstanding contribution to music within their local community.

[37] The village has a post office with shop and tea rooms, allotments at Pudding Pie Lane, and a number of active walking groups.

The memorial hall stands at the geographical centre of the Parish, opposite the former primary school at Ladymead Lane, and behind the original location of the Mendip Vale medical practice.

North Somerset Council has been working with current operators Greenwich Leisure Limited to look at ways of re-opening the centre, but the small venue with its narrow corridors, has made it difficult to put the necessary social distancing measures in place.

[47] In 1996, Raw Charm Productions of Cardiff produced a three-part television series titled Here's Looking at You, on Langford and Churchill parish,[48] for broadcast by HTV in May 1997.

[8]: 87  Each 25 minute episode charted events in the life of the parish of Churchill in the twentieth century using film footage and personal testimonies.

[49] During the fifth episode of series three of Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson crashed a Toyota Hilux into an oak tree in the car park of St John the Baptist Church.