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Dunwich Templars Preceptory
Hob Uid: 392128
Location : Suffolk Suffolk Coastal Dunwich
Grid Ref : TM4800070000
Summary : Preceptory of Knights Templars from 1199-1312, and camera of the Hospitallers 1312-1540. Destroyed by coastal erosion.
More information : (TM 480700. See map diagram). A preceptory of the Knights Templars confirmed by King John in 1199,passed to the Knights Hospitallers 1308-12. A chaplain but not a preceptory was then maintained until the dissolution in 1540, when the temple church of Our Lady, or Blessed Mary and St John also went out of use. (1-2) Destroyed by coastal erosion. (3)

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Source details : F1 NKB 16-MAY-74
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Extant
Monument End Date : 1312
Monument Start Date : 1199
Monument Type : Templars Preceptory
Evidence : Destroyed Monument

Monument Period Name : Medieval
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Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1312
Monument Type : Hospitallers Camera
Evidence : Destroyed Monument

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External Cross Reference Number : TM 47 SE 14
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1974-05-16
End Date : 1974-05-16

Associated Activities :
Activity type : UNDERWATER SURVEY
Start Date : 2008-01-01
End Date : 2009-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Dunwich Templars Preceptory