Hill of Chapelton
hill or mountain · Aberdeenshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
The name is Old English, meaning 'Chapel town hill'. It refers to a hill near a chapel.
Word origins
- Chapelton
- Old EnglishAttestedsettlement with a chapel(from cæppe "cap, hood, hence chapel", tūn "farmstead, village")
- hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")