The first documentary evidence of the village name is found in 1316, when Edward II bequeathed ‘the Manor House of Langley the closes adjoining together with the vesture of Chepervillewode for Fewel and other Necessaries' to the Dominican Black Friars. In the 2001 Census the population was 1,528.

It is thought that the name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon ceapere which means a trader and feld meaning field. This suggests that there was some form of market in early times.

As part of the Manor of Kings Langley, Chipperfield Common was in royal ownership from 1066 when William I conquered England until 1630 when Charles I sold it to the City of London to pay his debts.

Megg Lane

A bungalow in Megg Lane seems to have had an unusual collection of ghosts. The unhappy home has been visited by a Roman soldier who stood about six feet tall and was clad in full armour. When he appeared he was standing against the wall of a bedroom. Other ghosts include a monk in a cowled habit and a priest who appeared in 1943 and had his hands pressed together as if he was in prayer.

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Chipperfield, Megg Lane.