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 Leeds

Historical Forms

  • Chap(p)el(l)town(e) 1427 Calv 1542 TestLds 1558 WillY 1572 PRLds
  • Chappell Towne als. Chappell Allerton 1586 FF
  • Chappellton 1459 KirkstRent
  • Chappelltoune 1524 YDiii

Etymology

Chapeltown, Chap (p )el (l )town (e )1427 Calv, 1542 TestLds, 1558 WillY, 1572 PRLds, Chappell Towne als. Chappell Allerton 1586 FF, Chappellton 1459 Kirkst Rent, Chappelltoune 1524 YD iii. For this type of contraction cf. Shitlington ii, 205–6 supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name