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

Other OS name in the Parish of Welton

Historical Forms

  • Chapell Close 1683 LindDep 1697 LindDep 1738 LindDep
  • Chapple Garth 1775 EnclA
  • Chapel Close 1788 LindDep
  • Chapel Hill 1922 AH 1922 Hunt

Etymology

, Chapell Close 1683LindDep , 1697LindDep , 1738LindDep , Chapple Garth 1775EnclA , Chapel Close 1788LindDep , Chapel Hill 1922 AH, 1922 Hunt ( a field where an old Chapel of Ease stood c1535 AH , c1535 Hunt in Ryeland ) , v. chapele , clos(e) , garðr , hyll .