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.

Chapner

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thelbridge

Historical Forms

  • Chatemere 1242 Fees758,773 1303 FA 1359 ADvi
  • Chadmore 1428 FA

Etymology

'Ceat (t )a 's mere,' v. mere . The ground in the neighbourhood is marshy. For the development cf. Chapmore End (Herts), Chattemere 1294, 1296SR (p).