NHER 14908 (Monument record) - Site of St Catherine's Chapel (King's Lynn, poorly located)

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Summary

St Catherine's Chapel stood to the north of what is now Gaywood Road. The chapel is mentioned in documents dating from the 15th century and was demolished during the 16th century.

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  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

St Catherine's Chapel.
According to (S1) St Catherine's chapel is mentioned in 1381 (5th year of Richard II) and again in 1497; demolished pre-1560 (3rd year of Elizabeth I).
Exact site not known - see (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 15 May 1979.

(S2) points out that Bradfer-Lawrence's transcription of the 1486 Gaywood Dragge refers to the chapel as standing outside the east gates, to the north of what is now Gaywood Road, 'with a close and a moat' adjacent to a garden belonging to St John's Hospital. This would place it somewhere in the area of TF 623 204.
E. Rose (NLA), 26 September 2003.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Serial: Blomefield, F.. 1808. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk.. Vol VIII. 548. p 513.
  • <S2> *Verbal Communication: 2003. James, E..

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Record last edited

May 15 2019 2:56PM

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