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| HER Number: | MDV12464 |
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| Name: | Yarnscombe, Lower Chapple |
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Summary
Lower Chapple on site of 13th century St. John's chapel.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 564 218 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS52SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Yarnscombe |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | YARNSCOMBE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS52SE/13
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CHAPEL (XIII - 1201 AD to 1300 AD (Between))
Full description
Unattributed Sites and Monuments Register Entry (Unattributed Sites and Monuments Register Entry). SDV263.
Lower Chapple on site of 13th century St. John's chapel.
Risdon, T., 1811, Choreographical Description of Devon, 1580-1640, 319 (Monograph). SDV20653.
In the hamlet of Little Yarnscombe was the chapel of St. John the Baptist which held grants in the reign of Henry III.
Lysons, D. + Lysons, S., 1822, Magna Britannica, 535, 575 (Monograph). SDV323771.
Visited circa 1811. The chapel has been converted into a cottage. It is on an estate called Lower Chapple.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
'St. John's Chapel (Site of)' shown.
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
'Lower Chapple on Site of S. John's Chapel' shown.
Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1931, The Place-Names of Devon: Part One, 121 (Monograph). SDV1312.
St. John's Chapel. Alexander de Sanco Johanne was living at Tawstock in 1330 and 1333 according to the lay subsidy rolls. There was an ancient chapelry here of the Knights Templars, later St. John of Jerusalem, who have also left their trace in the parish in a farm called Templeton.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1953 - 1980, SS52SE7 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV343741.
Visited 4th December 1953. The farmhouse is stucco faced with no features of ecclesiastical nature. It could not be described as a cottage. No cottage was found at Lower Chapple. The cottage across the road at Higher Chapple now used as a shed, has no feature of an ecclesiastical nature or of dateable antiquity.
Snell, R., 1986, Green Lanes in Devon Project (Un-published). SDV8442.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV1312 | Monograph: Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M.. 1931. The Place-Names of Devon: Part One. The Place-Names of Devon: Part One. VIII. A5 Hardback. 121. |
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| SDV20653 | Monograph: Risdon, T.. 1811. Choreographical Description of Devon, 1580-1640. Choreographical Description of Devon, 1580-1640. Unknown. 319. |
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| SDV263 | Unattributed Sites and Monuments Register Entry: Unattributed Sites and Monuments Register Entry. |
| SDV323771 | Monograph: Lysons, D. + Lysons, S.. 1822. Magna Britannica. Magna Britannica: A Concise Topographical Account of The Several Counties o. 6: Devonshire. Unknown. 535, 575. |
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| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV343741 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1953 - 1980. SS52SE7. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV8442 | Un-published: Snell, R.. 1986. Green Lanes in Devon Project. Green Lanes in Devon Project. Not applicable. Unknown. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 19 2019 9:50AM |
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