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Survey of English Place-Names

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Chapel Drove

Other OS name in the Parish of Newton

Historical Forms

  • Chappel Drove 1705 Wisb

Etymology

( both 6 ″ ) is Chappel Drove 1705Wisb and was so named from a chapel which stood by the sea here , cf. Chappel of the See t. Ed 6Rental .