NHER 14898 (Monument record) - Site of Doughton parish church, Dunton

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Summary

The abandoned medieval parish church of Doughton, which may have been dedicated to St Mary, is recorded in documents in the 14th century, but its exact location is unknown, although the foundations of a substantial building found during ploughing have been tentatively identified as the remains of the church, see NHER 21724. In 1325 the church was described as a chapel, but the date of its abandonment is also unknown.

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Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish DUNTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Exact site unknown.
According to (S1) Doughton had a church dedicated to St Mary, which in some records is confused with St Peter's at Dunton, NHER 2004.
The church is described as a chapel in 1325, which may suggest that the church was already diminishing in status.
See (S1).

(S2) states that Doughton or Doketon was a hamlet of Dunton in Domesday.
E. Rose (NAU) 15 May 1979.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Monograph: Batcock, N. 1991. The Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 51. Microfiche 5:G12. No 165; p 54.
  • <S2> Serial: Blomefield, F.. 1805. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk.. Vol II. p 84.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2011 12:15PM

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