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The term covers both chapels purposely built as chapels of ease, and buildings which used to be the main parish church building until a larger building was constructed. For example, the small village of Norton, Hertfordshire contains the mediaeval church of St Nicholas, which served it adequately for centuries. But when the large new town of Letchworth was built, partly within the parish, St Nicholas's became too small to serve the increased population. This led to the building of a new main church building for the parish, and St Nicholas's became a chapel of ease.