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Survey of English Place-Names

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Chapelthorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sandal Magna

Historical Forms

  • Schapelthorpe 1285 WCR
  • Chapel Thorp 1393 Grant
  • Chapelthorp(e) 1396 YDiii 1397 TestLds 1447 DodsN 1709 WMB
  • Chappelthorp(e) 1585 WillY 1599 FF
  • Cappelthorpe 1610 FF

Etymology

Chapelthorpe, Schapelthorpe 1285 WCR, Chapel Thorp 1393Grant 7, Chapelthorp (e )1396 YD iii, 1397 TestLds, 1447 DodsN, 1709 WMB, Chappelthorp (e )1585 WillY, 1599 FF, Cappelthorpe 1610 FF.v. þorp 'outlying dependent farmstead'. Chapel - is probably an affix added to an original simplex Thorp and refers to the chapel which was a chapel of ease and perpetual curacy of the parish church of Sandal Magna. On this and other local p.ns. in þorp (Gawthorpe, Hollingthorpe, Kettlethorpe, and Painthorpe) v. Introd.