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.

Chapeltown

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Historical Forms

  • Capella 13,1260 Hlm c.1277 DodsN
  • Capell 1366 Hlm
  • (le) Chap(p)el(l) a.1279 SheffMisc 1393 Cust 1440 SheffMan 1451 FA 1649 WillY
  • Chapple 1591 ib
  • Chap(p)eltown 1707 Hlm 1726 YDr

Etymology

Chapeltown, Capella 13, 1260 Hlm, c. 1277 DodsN, Capell 1366 Hlm, (le ) Chap (p )el (l )a. 1279 SheffMisc, 1393 Cust, 1440 SheffMan, 1451 FAet passim to 1649 WillY, Chapple 1591 ib, Chap (p )eltown 1707 Hlm, 1726 YDr, cf. also Chappellfelde 1565 SheffMan. v. capel 1 , chapel(e), tūn . This was a chapel of ease of Ecclesfield.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement