| HER Number (PRN): | 01364 |
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| Name: | Rossall Chapel |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
- CHAPEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)
Summary
Site of a chapel, south-west of Isle Farm. Documentary sources list the incumbents from the 13th century to the 15th century. It is alleged that it was burnt down during the Reformation Its approximate position is marked on the earliest large-scale Ordnance Survey map of 1881, adjacent to the south-west corner of the moated site which lies next to Isle Farm. This area has been heavily disturbed by tree-planting, and no traces of any structure are visible.
| Parish: | Bicton, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ41NE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 4570 1666 |
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Related records
| 01104 | Part of: Isle Moat (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA1923 - 1961 field observation by the Ordnance Survey
Description
The list of the Incumbents of Rossall Chapel runs from c 1240 to 1444. The chapel, which stood outside the rampart and moat of the manor house (SA 1104) was mentioned in 1291 but not in the Valor Ecclesiasticus temp Henry VIII, having apparently fallen into decay in the C15 <1a>
The site of the chapel is under grass and young trees. No traces of a building was found. OS FI 1961 <1>
Site of a chapel, south-west of Isle Farm. Documentary sources list the incumbants from the 13th century to the 15th century. It is alleged that it was burnt down during the Reformation Its approximate position is marked on the earliest large-scale Ordnance Survey map of 1881, adjacent to the south-west corner of the moated site which lies next to Isle Farm. This area has been heavily disturbed by tree-planting, and no traces of any structure are visible. <3>
Sources
| [00] | SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 01364. |
| [01b] | SSA31554 - Site visit report: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. Various. NRHE: Ordnance Survey Field Investigators Comments. F1 JHW 05-DEC-61. |
| [01a] | SSA349 - Monograph: Blakeway J B. 1897. History of Shrewsbury Hundred. p407. |
| [01] | SSA5431 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1961. Ordnance Survey Record Card SJ41NE2. Ordnance Survey record cards. SJ41NE2. |
| [02] | SSA5430 - Article in serial: Sandford G. 1881. Article in the Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Ser 1, Vol IV (=Vol 4). p89-95. |
| [03] | SSA21353 - Scheduled Monument notification: English Heritage. 2000. Scheduling Papers (New Scheduling, 18/07/2000). 33816. |
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 10 2022 4:04PM |
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