NHER 1578 (Monument record) - Free chapel
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF63SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DERSINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Site of chapel (Ordnance Survey).
'Thomas de Gelham was licensed to build a chapel in the churchyard in 1264' 'Formerly the ruins of a chapel stood here'
See (S1).
No trace now, war memorial stands on site.
E. Rose (NAU), 26 February 1976.
'The foundations of the chapel are often met with in digging graves'
See (S2).
E. Rose (NAU).
Dedicated to St Andrew or St Mary. Founded 1264 by Sir Thomas de Gelham and licenced by the Prior of Binham of a master or chaplin.
See (S3).
Listed in Valor Ecclesiasticus (1535).
Information from (S4).
J. Allen (NLA), 2 July 2003.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Dersingham.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 63 SE 36.
- <S1> SNF4630 Serial: Blomefield, F.. 1808. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk.. Vol VIII. 548. p 395.
- <S2> SNF4936 Serial: Bryant, T. H. About 1900. Hundred of Freebridge Lynn.
- <S3> SNF8379 Publication: Taylor, R. C. 1821. Index Monasticus.
- <S4> SNF47529 Article in Serial: Wood, R. 1999. The Chantry Certificates of Norfolk: Towards a Partial Reconstruction. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt II pp 287-306.
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Record last edited
Jun 18 2018 11:07AM