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.

St James's Chapel

Other OS name in the Parish of Drayton

Historical Forms

  • Chapel (St James) 1925 Kelly
  • capella de Drayton 1330 Pat
  • ecclesiam de Draitona a.1219 RHug

Etymology

, Chapel (St James )1925 Kelly; earlier is recordedcapella de Drayton 1330Pat (with MLat  capella 'a chapel') andecclesiam de Draitona a.1219 RHug ( with MLat  ecclesia ' a church ' ) . Now it is a tiny , one - celled chapel which was out of religious use until remodelled 1878 – 9 .