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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.

St Catherine's Chapel

Other OS name in the Parish of Abbotsbury

Etymology

, 1811 OS , built in the later 14th cent.(RCHM 13) , cf. Katerinesforlang 1376Ilch , Katerin (e )forlang 1383, 1404Ilch , Katerenforlang 1384Ilch , Kateryneforlang 1410Ilch , Cateryneforlang '1420Ilch , Catines (sic)Lane 1455Ilch , Katerylane 1467Ilch , v. furlang , lane , and Chapel Coppice, etc.supra .