St Mary’s Chapel (Penzance) (EN) / Chapel Maria (KW)

Type: 
Historic Site
Parish: 
Penzance
Hundred: 
Penwith
Notes: 
The chapel stood on this site and was replaced by the present church
Elements: 

chapel

Meaning: 
chapel

Maria

This refers to the name of a person: 
name
Elements notes: 
<chapel> ‘chapel’ + <Maria> personal name (Mary)
Historic forms: 
St Mary’s Chapel 1595 (Pool, The History of the Town and Borough of Penzance, 1974, p. 51) St Mary’s Chapel 1664 (Julyan, 1927) St Mary’s Church 1668 (Pool, The History of the Town and Borough of Penzance, 1974, p. 53) Capelle Sancta Maria 1680 (at Penzance)(*CRO, P179/2/4/4a, 1680) (Bond, 2009) St Mary’s Chapel 1974 (Pool, The History of the Town and Borough of Penzance, 1974, p. 23)