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Summary

Documentary references to a medieval chapel although its exact location is unknown

Monument Type(s):

• CHAPEL (13th century to 16th century - 1255 AD to 1548 AD)

Full Description

The Victoria County History <1> notes that a chapel was attached to the manor of Wokefield in 1255, and suggests that it might have been near the manor house. By the 16th century, it appears that divine service was not being celebrated in the chapel of All Saints, and by 1548 the chantry returns described the chapel as being without lands, rent or services. The site of the chapel was unknown, but a tradition suggested that it stood on the green between Wokefield and Oakfield Lodges. A GIS point has therefore been entered in this conjectural location.

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