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HER Number (PRN):05106
Name:St Nicholas Chapel, Caus
Type of Record:Monument
Protected Status:None recorded

Monument Type(s):

  • CHAPEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)

Summary

This site represents: a chapel of medieval date.

Parish:Westbury, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SJ30NW
Grid Reference:SJ 3384 0790

Related records

00249Part of: Caus Castle (Monument)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events: None recorded

Description

Free chapel appears to have been situated opposite the inner gate of the castle; was probably founded in the C12. Still furnished in 1612 and was possibly used as a domestic chapel until the destruction of the castle <1>

Beresford suggests founded between 1261 and 1272 <2>

CMHTS Record Sheet <3>

CMHTS Report <4>


<01> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME), NAR printout for Caus (Gazetteer). SSA11482.


<02> Beresford M W, 1988, New Towns of the Middle Ages, p481 (Monograph). SSA11481.


<03> Buteux Victoria & Dalwood Hal, 1993/ 1996, CMHTS SMR Records Shropshire: Burford to Clun, Caus 5106 (Record form). SSA19966.


<04> Buteux Victoria et al, 1996, Archaeological Assessment of Caus, Shropshire (CMHTS) (Historic landscape survey report). SSA12059.

Sources

[01]SSA11482 - Gazetteer: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME). NAR printout for Caus. Database printout.
[02]SSA11481 - Monograph: Beresford M W. 1988. New Towns of the Middle Ages. p481.
[03]SSA19966 - Record form: Buteux Victoria & Dalwood Hal. 1993/ 1996. CMHTS SMR Records Shropshire: Burford to Clun. Central Marches Historic Towns Survey record form. Vol 3. Caus 5106.
[04]SSA12059 - Historic landscape survey report: Buteux Victoria et al. 1996. Archaeological Assessment of Caus, Shropshire (CMHTS). Hereford & Worcester CAS Rep. Rep 306.
Date Last Edited:Mar 23 2017 10:18AM