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.

Chapel Plaster

Early-attested site in the Parish of Box

Historical Forms

  • Pleystede 1268 Ass
  • Chapell' de Pleystede 1425 GDR
  • Chappelfylde, Playster 1558 FF
  • The Chapell(e) of Playster 1670 Aubrey
  • of Plaistow 1728 WMxlv
  • atte Pleistede 1333 SR

Etymology

Chapel Plaster [pleistər] is Pleystede 1268Ass , Chapell ' de Pleystede 1425GDR , Chappelfylde , Playster 1558FF , The Chapell (e ) of Playster 1670 Aubrey, of Plaistow 1728 WM xlv, and was probably the home of John atte Pleistede (1333SR ).There was a chapel here, belonging to the monks of Glastonbury.The second part of the name is an OE  pleg-stede , 'place of play,' identical in meaning with the more common pleg-stow, with which indeed it has been confused in later records. The latter often appears later as Plestor , Playster .