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HER Number (PRN):03685
Name:Postulated site of medieval chapel (Chapel of St Maragaret), Chapel Yard, Plaish
Type of Record:Monument
Protected Status:None recorded

Monument Type(s):

  • CHAPEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)

Summary

Place name/conjectural evidence for a medieval chapel at Plaish.

Parish:Cardington, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SO59NW
Grid Reference:SO 5297 9640

Related records

03941Related to: Plaish Hall moat (Monument)
13238Related to: Plaish Hall, Plaish (Building)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events: None recorded

Description

A chapel, now destroyed, once stood at Plaish <1>

A free chapel dedicated to St. Margaret, within the castle at Paish, is recorded in 1169 and in 1542. References from NRHE: Register of Sir Thomas Botelar (ed W A Leighton). Harleian Manuscript 433<1a><1b>

Its site is probably marked by the field name Chapel Yard on the Tithe Map <2>

Sources

[00]SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 03685.
[01]SSA2277 - Monograph: Dukes T F. 1844. Antiquities of Shropshire. pxiii.
[01b]SSA24117 - Article in serial: Blakeway J B. 1889. Article in the Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Ser 2, Vol 1, p 404. p.90.
[01a]SSA325 - Article in serial: Various. 1882. Article in the Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Ser 1, Vol V (=Vol 5). p.115.
[02]SSA8928 - Map: Anon. Tithe Award Map for Cardington. Tithe Maps. Cardington.
Date Last Edited:Jul 29 2022 1:59PM