Etymology

chapel of ease

Today it means: A chapel built in a remote part of a parish to meet the needs of those who live far from the parish church. Full definition →

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The story

Originally a chapel built for a Lady Llanover, which was demolished in the 1960s, but the name survives for the area. There was also a Baptist chapel in the same area.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.