Chapleton
suburban area · Inverclyde
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Chapleton is a settlement named after a chapel. It combines the Old English word 'tun' meaning settlement or farmstead.
Word origins
- Chapel
- Old Englishchapel(from capel "chapel")
- ton
- Old EnglishAttestedsettlement, farmstead(from tun "settlement")