Record Details

NHER Number:62401
Type of record:Monument
Name:Possible site of medieval chapel

Summary

Possible site of a chapel recorded in 16th and 17th century documents.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 7115 0884
Map Sheet:TF70NW
Parish:MARHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Possible site Chapel of St Guthlac.
16th- (S1) and 17th-century (S2) documents relating to the Hare Estate as well as Marham Abbey indicate that a chapel was located in the area of Chapel Hill, Marham.
Blomefield (S3) refers to a Chapel of St Guthlac at Chapel Hill, Marham.
Information from correspondence (S4) and (S5).
This site was previously recorded under NHER 4511.
H. Hamilton (HES), 15 November 2017.

August 1979. Visit.
Under crop; no evident traces; but a commanding site.
E. Rose (NAU), 16 August 1979.

Monument Types

  • CHAPEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Aerial Photograph: TF7108 E,F.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. NHER 4511.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
---Recording Form: Norfolk Museum Service and Norfolk Historic Environment Service Staff. 1974?-2016. Data Transfer Forms. Norfolk County Council. NHER 4511.
<S1>Documentary Source: Hare of Stow Bardolph Collection. [1500-1599]. Note of the lands of the abbey in the four fields of Marham.. Norfolk Records Office. Hare 2272 195 x 5.
<S2>Documentary Source: Hare of Stow Bardolph Collection. Extent: Land in Southfield, Sandgrave Field, Woodgate Field and Northfield in Marham.. Norfolk Records Office. Hare 2380 196 x 4.
<S3>Serial: Blomefield, F.. 1805-1810. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk.. Volume Unknown.
<S4>Correspondence: Davison, A. 1990. Letter to Edwin Rose (NLA) regarding documentary research on Great Hockham and Marham. 29 May 1990.
<S5>Correspondence: Davison, A. 1992. Letter regarding documentary research on chapels in Westacre and Marham. 06 October 1992.

Related records

4511Parent of: Multi-period finds (Find Spot)
4504Related to: Site of medieval to post medieval cross (Monument)
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