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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 Ridding

Other OS name in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • capella de Wimandemere (sic) 1203 Cur

Etymology

, named from capella de Wimandemere (sic)1203 Cur , v. chapele , rydding ' clearing ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name