English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Chapel Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Bidston

Historical Forms

  • Morton Hill or Chapel Hill 1831 Bry
  • site of Moreton Chapell 1549 Sheaf
  • Morton Chappell 1645 ib
  • Moreton, a chapel in Bidston parish 1724 NotCestr

Etymology

, Morton Hill or Chapel Hill 1831 Bry, site of Moreton Chapell 1549 Sheaf, Morton Chappell 1645 ib, Moreton , a chapel in Bidston parish 1724 NotCestr , an ancient chapel of Bidston parish demolished c.1680–90 (ChetOS viii156) , v. chapel , hyll , cf. Motelawe infra .