Serendipity language was by Horace Walpole in 1754. In a letter he wrote to his friend Horace Mann, Walpole explained an unexpected discovery he had made about a (lost) painting of Bianca Cappello by Giorgio Vasari by reference to a Persian fairy tale, "The Three Princes of Serendip". The princes, he told his correspondent, were "always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things which they were not in quest of". The name comes from "Serendip", an old name for Sri Lanka (Ceylon), hence "Sarandib" by Arab traders. It is derived from the Sanskrit "Siṃhaladvīpaḥ" (Siṃhalaḥ, Sri Lanka + dvīpaḥ, island).
Walpole Old Chapel painting scheme in the interior and, in 2007, the painting of the exterior. A detached outbuilding has been constructed to house WC and small kitchen to cater for events at the chapel. Three ecumenical services are held each year in the chapel, and at other times concerts and other events are organised. It is open for visitors on Saturday afternoons during the summer. The building is licensed for religious marriages, and can be used for baptisms and for blessings after civil marriages. Walpole Old Chapel Walpole Old Chapel is a redundant chapel in Halesworth Road, Walpole, Suffolk, England. Originally two