St Aethelredas Monastery And Chapel |
| Hob Uid: 348635 | |
Location :
Lincolnshire
North Kesteven
Threekingham
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| Grid Ref : TF0800036000 |
| Summary : Early medieval nunnery, founded in the late 7th century by St Werburgh and dedicated to St AEthelreda, probably destroyed by the Danes circa 870. Succeeded by a medieval chapel, no visible trace of either now remaining. |
More information : Threekingham: Early monastic house associated with St Werburgh; c678. (1)
Documentary evidence for locating 7th century "monastery" nunnery at Stow Green (see TF 13 NE/15). (2)
TF 0941 3507. Site of Anglo-Saxon nunnery and medieval chapel, Stow Green. The monument includes part of the the site of an Anglo-Saxon nunnery founded at Stow in the late seventh century by AEthelreda, Abbess of Ely (see TF 03 NE/15). During the medieval period the site was occupied by a chapel dedicated to St AEthelreda and by a fair held annually on her feast day. A chapel survived on the site until the early 20th century. The remains of the nunnery are therefore overlain by those of a medieval chapel with cemetery and precinct boundary, and traces of post-medieval activity relating to the use of the site as a fair ground. Scheduled RSM no. 22610. (3) |