Beads scattered round the chapel (8)
I believe the answer is:
bethesda
'chapel' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'beads scattered round the' is the wordplay.
'scattered' indicates an anagram.
'round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'beads' anagrammed gives 'besda'.
'besda' enclosing 'the' is 'BETHESDA'.
(Other definitions for bethesda that I've seen before include "church" , "Chapel" , "Healing pool (Jerusalem)" .)