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HER Number:	4308
Name:	BERRY TOWER - Medieval chapel

Summary

Berry Hill chapel, Bodmin.

Grid Reference:	SX 0725 6746
Parish:	Bodmin, North Cornwall, Cornwall
Map:	Show location on Streetmap

Protected Status

Listed Building (II) 367964: BERRY TOWER
Conservation Area: BERRY TOWER, BODMIN

Other References/Statuses

Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 4308
SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SX06NE 13

Monument Type(s):

CHAPEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

Henderson records that by 1470, there were three guilds established on Berry Hill - St Christopher's, the New Guild, and the Holy Rood (b1). The most conspicuous was that of the Holy Rood, which had a chapel and burial ground. The tower of this chapel was built in 1501 or 1502 (b2, b5). It is not known when the chapel ceased (b2). It is shown on a C16 map, but by 1753, only the tower still stood. Foundations could be traced in the C19.

In 1859, the cemetery was re-opened and no doubt this has caused destruction of evidence for the chapel, its cemetery and earlier occupation, either secular or ecclesiastical. Only the tower now survives; it is a Listed Building.

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Site history:
h1: 1962. NVQ / OS
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Henderson, C, 1955-60, Ecclesiastical Antiquities of the 109 parishes of West Cornwall & Ecclesiastical History of the 4 Western Hundreds, (NS) VOL II, (Article in Journal). SCO3499.

Maclean, J, 1876, A Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor, VOL 1, 99-101 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3895.

Pevsner, N, 1951, The Buildings of England: Cornwall, 43 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4126.

Sedding, EH, 1909, Norman Architecture in Cornwall, 32 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4335.

Sheppard, PA, 1980, The Historic Towns of Cornwall, 58 (Cornwall Event Report). SCO4422.

Olson, BL, 1984, Early Monasteries in Cornwall, 54-56 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4037.

Sources / Further Reading

[b1]	SCO3499 - Article in Journal: Henderson, C. 1955-60. Ecclesiastical Antiquities of the 109 parishes of West Cornwall & Ecclesiastical History of the 4 Western Hundreds. JRIC (NS) Vol 2 (part 3 & 4) Vol 3 (part2 &4). (NS) VOL II,.
[b2]	SCO3895 - Bibliographic reference: Maclean, J. 1876. A Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor. VOL 1, 99-101.
[b3]	SCO4126 - Bibliographic reference: Pevsner, N. 1951. The Buildings of England: Cornwall. 43.
[b4]	SCO4335 - Bibliographic reference: Sedding, EH. 1909. Norman Architecture in Cornwall. 32.
[b5]	SCO4422 - Cornwall Event Report: Sheppard, PA. 1980. The Historic Towns of Cornwall. 58.
[b6]	SCO4037 - Bibliographic reference: Olson, BL. 1984. Early Monasteries in Cornwall. 54-56.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records: none recorded

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