NHER 17028 (Monument record) - Site of medieval chapel
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF50NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MARSHLAND ST. JAMES, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Site of St. James's Chapel? Washed away in floods.
(S1) places this on site of modern church, NHER 2391.
But Dugdale's Map of Marshland (S2) (original in (S3), copy in (S4)), though not always easy to relate to modern maps, seems to place this chapel here.
It is perhaps significant that a cemetery is still marked at this spot, but note methodist chapel to north.
E. Rose and A. Rogerson (NAU), 16 February 1981.
(S4)'s copy of (S2) is wrong, and (S3)'s may not be the original, for R. Silvester (NAU) reports seeing the original in Wisbech Museum. This does not show a church here, but instead a cross, which is clearly a vague siting for Tom Hickathrift's Candlestick, NHER 2390.
(S4) has misinterpreted the cross symbol.
R. Silvester and E. Rose (NAU), 18 August 1983.
1981.
A. Rogerson visited site but found no trace of a church or finds.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF4947 Map: Bryant, A.. 1826. Bryant's Map of Norfolk.
- <S2> SNF48478 Map: Dugdale. 1662. Map of the Fens.
- <S3> SNF560 Documentary Source: Martin, T. c. 1700-1799. Collections of Church Notes. Norfolk Records Office. Walter Rye Collection. RYE 17.. c. 1740.
- <S4> SNF4598 Serial: Blomefield, F.. 1805-1810. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk.. Volume Unknown.
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Record last edited
May 30 2017 3:42PM