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.

Turnchapel

Early-attested site in the Parish of Plymstock

Historical Forms

  • Tan Chapel 1765 D
  • Turn Chapel 1827 G

Etymology

There was formerly a chapel dedicated to St Anne here. For the later corruption, cf. Tooley Street (Southwark, Sr) from St Olave .

Places in the same Parish