NHER 1578 (Monument record) - Free chapel

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Summary

The site of a chapel is marked here on old maps. This is thought to be the chapel of St Andrew or St Mary which was built in 1264 by Sir Thomas Gelham. Foundations of the chapel were often found when graves were dug in the churchyard.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF63SE
Civil Parish DERSINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

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.

  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Dersingham.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 63 SE 36.
  • <S1> Serial: Blomefield, F.. 1808. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk.. Vol VIII. 548. p 395.
  • <S2> Serial: Bryant, T. H. About 1900. Hundred of Freebridge Lynn.
  • <S3> Publication: Taylor, R. C. 1821. Index Monasticus.
  • <S4> 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

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