St Stephens Chapel |
Hob Uid: 328710 | |
Location : Worcestershire Redditch Non Civil Parish
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Grid Ref : SP0440068680 |
Summary : There was a chapel at Bordesley dedicated to St Stephen at least as early as 1245, when it was the gatehouse chapel of Bordesley Abbey. It was abandoned after the Dissolution and was demolished in 1805. The site of St Stephen's Chapel, the capella ad portam of the Abbey, is a small croft south of the gate having several yew trees and some old broken gravestones, mainly of 19th century date. A flat platform on the gently sloping valley side marks the site of the chapel. |
More information : [SP 04406868] St. Stephen's Chapel [N.R.] (Site of). (1) There was a chapel at Bordesley dedicated to St. Stephen at least as early as 1245, when it was the gatehouse chapel of Bordesley Abbey. It was abandoned after the Dissolution and was demolished in 1805. (2-3) The site of St Stephen's Chapel, the capella ad portam of the Abbey, is a small croft south of the gate having several yew trees and some old broken gravestones, mainly of 19th century date. A flat platform on the gently sloping valley side marks the site of the chapel. (4) No remains of the chapel can be seen in what is now a small pasture. (5) St Stephen's Chapel. (6)
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