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Gregory Chapel

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • Greg(g)ory chappel(l) 1636,1652 BdyR(M.3,4) 1684 Dd

Etymology

, Greg (g )ory chappel (l )1636, 1652BdyR (M. 3, 4), 1684Dd , v. prec. , chapele ' chapel ' , here used of a pile of stones on the YN boundary , in the same way as kirkja ' church ' is used of cairns and the like , as in Kirk Stone (ii, 223infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site