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.

Spital

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chesterfield

Historical Forms

  • Spytell 1403 Woll
  • le Spitell' de Chestrefeld' 1409 Cope
  • Spittle 1576 FF
  • Leprosorum Cestrefeld Hy3 HarlCh

Etymology

Spital, Spytell 1403Woll , le Spitell ' de Chestrefeld '1409Cope , Spittle 1576FF . 'Hospital', v. spitel , cf. Spital Bridge infra 235. It was the Leper Hospital of St Leonard and the early references are in Latin, cf .fratribus leprosis de Cestrefeld '1196et passim P, S. Leonardus et fratres et sorores Hosp . Leprosorum Cestrefeld Hy 3HarlCh .