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HER Number:9032
Name:HIGHER BISSOE - Medieval chapel

Summary

The site of a chapel is recorded at Bissoe but there are no remains.

Grid Reference:SW 7757 4091
Parish:Perranarworthal, Carrick, Cornwall
Map:Show location on Streetmap

Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SW 74 SE 4
  • National Record of the Historic Environment to Historic Environment Records data transfer
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 427984
  • OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW74SE 4
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 9032
  • SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW74SE 33

Monument Type(s):

  • CHAPEL? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

The site of a chapel is recorded at Bissoe on the OS map. Higher Bissoe (Bedou in 1250 (b3)) was the residence of the Bedou family, and the chapel may have been a private family chapel. The site is shown on the 1842 Tithe map of Perranarworthal as Parc an Chapel (apportionment no. 825).


<1> Ordnance Survey, 1970s, 1:10,000 OS Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4045.

<2> Henderson, C, 1955-60, Ecclesiastical Antiquities of the 109 parishes of West Cornwall & Ecclesiastical History of the 4 Western Hundreds, (NS) VOL 3, PT 3, 393 (Article in Journal). SCO3499.

<3> Gover, JEB, 1948, Place-Names of Cornwall, 525 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3402.

<4> Field Investigator's Comments, OS/Smith, D, 1965 (Survey). SCO29739.

<5> Field Investigator's Comments, OS/ Roberts, JM, 1980 (Survey). SCO29739.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]SCO4045 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1970s. 1:10,000 OS Map.
[2]SCO3499 - Article in Journal: Henderson, C. 1955-60. Ecclesiastical Antiquities of the 109 parishes of West Cornwall & Ecclesiastical History of the 4 Western Hundreds. Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall (New Series). 2-3. 1-497. (NS) VOL 3, PT 3, 393.
[3]SCO3402 - Bibliographic reference: Gover, JEB. 1948. Place-Names of Cornwall. 525.
[4]SCO29739 - Survey: Field Investigator's Comments. OS/Smith, D, 1965.
[5]SCO29739 - Survey: Field Investigator's Comments. OS/ Roberts, JM, 1980.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records: none recorded

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