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Summary

There was once a chantry chapel dedicated to St Edmund near Colyford Bridge.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 449635
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY29SE/1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CHAPEL (First mentioned, XIV - 1332 AD to 1332 AD)

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, SY29SE17 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV125122.

Osa=sy29se17.

Lysons, D. + Lysons, S., 1822, Magna Britannica. Devonshire, 133 (Monograph). SDV323771.

St Edmund's Chapel is recorded in the the Chantry Roll for 1547.

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

The only 'Chantry' field recorded on the Colyton Tithe Map and Apportionment is Chantry Mead (Plot 876) to the north of Colyton, by Chantry Bridge.

Oliver, G., 1840, Ecclesiastical Antiquities in Devon, Vol. 2, 3 (Monograph). SDV35446.

Near Colyford Bridge stood the Chantry of St Edmund, 'Cantaria Capelle Sci Edmundi justa pontem de Colyford'.

Oliver, G., 1846, Monasticon Diocesis Exoniensis, 477 (Monograph). SDV57424.

Pulman, G. P. R., 1865, The Book of the Axe, 791-2 (Monograph). SDV124122.

There was formerly a chantry chapel dedicated to St Edmund near Colyford Bridge, described as 'Cantaria Capelle Sci Edmundi justa pontem de Colyford'. No trace of the building remains but a field nearby is called The Chantry. It was still standing at the time of the dissolution, at which time it had two little bells hanging at the west end. The last incumbent was a Peter Honeywood.

Whale, T. W., 1904, Supplement to Domesday analysis in Hundreds, 165 (Article in Serial). SDV125120.

Reference to 'Colyford Chantry; patron, Peter Proutz (Grandisson, 1669)'.

Cresswell, B. F., 1930, Colyton. The church and people in past times, 3 (Monograph). SDV125117.

Wilkin, W. H., 1930, The Yarty, 354 (Article in Serial). SDV125119.

Chantry Wood was part of the land with which the Earl of Devon endowed his Chantry Chapel by Colyford Bridge. A Valuation of the Crown Lands taken in the mid 16th century refers to the late chantry at Culliford, within the parish of Colyton, founded by the Earl of Devon. See article for full details.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, Site No. 1208 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

Site of St Edmund's Chapel by Colyford Bridge. Last incumbent documented in 1553. No visible remains. Field near the bridge is still called The Chantry.
SMR.

Torrance, J., 2008, A lost chapel in Colyton, 96-97 (Article in Serial). SDV365827.

St Edmunds Chapel was founded by the first Earl of Devon in or before 1332. It has been suggested that this was originally St Calixtus' Chapel. However, references to both St Edmund's Chapel and St Calixtus' Chapels in 1332 implies they were two different buildings, although the fact that there is no reference to St Calixtus Chapel in the Bishops of Exeters published registers after 1332 may be a point in favour of the renaming.

Pink, F., 2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment (Interpretation). SDV357736.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV124122	Monograph: Pulman, G. P. R.. 1865. The Book of the Axe. The Book of the Axe. Unknown. 791-2.
SDV125117	Monograph: Cresswell, B. F.. 1930. Colyton. The church and people in past times. Colyton. The church and people in past times. Unknown. 3.
SDV125119	Article in Serial: Wilkin, W. H.. 1930. The Yarty. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 62. Hardback Volume. 354.
SDV125120	Article in Serial: Whale, T. W.. 1904. Supplement to Domesday analysis in Hundreds. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 36. Hardback Volume. 165.
SDV125122	Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. SY29SE17. OSAD Card. Card Index.
SDV323771	Monograph: Lysons, D. + Lysons, S.. 1822. Magna Britannica. Devonshire. Magna Britannica: A Concise Topographical Account of The Several Counties o. 6: Devonshire. Unknown. 133.
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV351568	Archive - Survey: Exeter Archaeology. 2003-2004. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. Digital + Mixed Archive Material. Site No. 1208.
SDV35446	Monograph: Oliver, G.. 1840. Ecclesiastical Antiquities in Devon, Vol. 2. Ecclesiastical Antiquities in Devon. 2. Digital. 3.
SDV357736	Interpretation: Pink, F.. 2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment. AC Archaeology Report. ACD618/4/3. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV365827	Article in Serial: Torrance, J.. 2008. A lost chapel in Colyton. Devon & Cornwall Notes and Queries. A4 Unbound + Digital. 96-97.
SDV57424	Monograph: Oliver, G.. 1846. Monasticon Diocesis Exoniensis. Monasticon Diocesis Exoniensis. Unknown. 477.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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