34 lEESDALE PLACE-NAMES. 



Scargill Castle — C. of the gill of the Scar. 



Streatlam Castle — C. of the Street, or Eoman road from Bar- 

 nard Castle to Binchester. 



Mortham Tower — A.-S. tur, for=i:turris, a tower; Wei. tur, 

 ditto ; Gael, and Ir. tor, tower or castle. 



Chapel. 



Lat. capella, i.e.' sacellum, a chapel. '■' Capsa, a capio, unde 

 capso, ant, 'pro cepero.^' Post inclin. Latinitat. Index vit. "■ Capa 

 vel cappa, a cap. Ind. alter." Carey's Ainsw. 



In Littre we find the following : — " Fr. chapelle ; Berry cha- 

 pelle ; Proveng. capella ; Espagn. capilla ; Portug. capella ; Ital. 

 et Bas-Latin, capella, diminutif de capa, chape ; du Bas-Latin, 

 capa, quia quasi totum capiat hominem, dans Isidore ; du Latin, 

 caper e, contenir, prendre." 



Ger. capelle ; Dut. and Plem. kapel ; Icel. hapella ; Dan. Icapel ; 

 Swed. hap ell ; "Wei. capel, chapel ; Gael, eaglais, cill, church; 

 Irish eaglais, cillin ; Manx calhal, chapel ; (A.-S. " cappa ? a cap, 

 cope, priest's garment. S. L." Bosw.) 



In Skeat: " Chapel, a sanctuary, a lesser church, through Pr. 

 from Lat. M.E. chapele, chapelle ; Fr. old, chapele, mod. chapelle, 

 from Low Lat^ capella, ' which from the seventh century has had 

 the sense of a chapel. Origin : a capella was the sanctuary in 

 which was preserved the cappa or cope of S. Martin, and thence 

 it was expanded to mean any sanctuary' containing relics.' 

 Brachet. From Low Lat. capa, cappa, a cope, a hooded cloak, 

 in Isidore of Seville." 



Capa in various forms appears in all the Celtic dialects. " The 

 capo and cabins of. the Celts were of the same shape." Williams. 



Spelman appears to have traced the word capa most satisfac- 

 torily. He derives it, a Ciceroneano capsd, et Plmiano capselld, 

 s eliminate. Capella, pro cista, scrinio^ seu repositorio — a chest, 

 a repository (sc.) in which the reliques of the martyrs were 

 preserved ; then for any building in which these capellse of re- 

 liques were laid ; and again for any sacred place, or place of 

 prayer. 



