Record Details
| NHER Number: | 1291 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Ruins of St Edmund's Chapel |
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Summary
The ruins of St Edmund's chapel and a surrounding enclosure, now a World War One memorial garden, are visible on aerial photographs. Some sections of the ruins date to the medieval period, although significant rebuilding took place during the laying out of the garden in 1915. The surrounding earthwork enclosure was probably constructed around 1915. Excavations were carried out in 1913 and artefacts recovered include fragments of 15th century window glass and 15th to 16th century glazed floor tiles.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6758 4196 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF64SE |
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| Parish: | HUNSTANTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Ruins of St Edmund's Chapel. Originally Norman and later.
Excavated 1913.
For details see file.
E. Rose, 1 April 1981.
Photograph of about 1870 in (S1).
Ordnance Survey (S2).
R.J. Rickett (NAU), 13 March 1990.
The site was made into a First World War memorial of unusual type.
See Norfolk Historic Gardens Survey (S3).
E. Rose (NAU), 19 March 1999.
Specifications and record for restoration (1996) (S4) in file.
July 2001. Norfolk NMP.
Banked enclosure surrounding the ruins of St Edmunds chapel, mapped from 1946 RAF aerial photographs (S5) and Hunting Survey photographs from 1969 (S6). The banks enclose a First World War memorial garden created in 1915. The historic gardens survey suggests that the earthworks were existing features (S3). Although the 2nd edition map (1902-07 25 inch) (S7) does not indicate the presence of banks, rather it depicts a walled area much smaller than the banked enclosure. It therefore seems that the banks were created in or around 1915.
S. Massey (NMP), 12 July 2001.
December 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey.
Land-based survey; Area A68, Context 5:
See assessment report (S8) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.421).
J. Allen (NLA), 1 December 2005. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 July 2019.
April 2006.
Finds recovered during the 1913 excavations include fragments of 15th century window glass and 15th to 16th century glazed floor tiles.
See details in file.
D. Robertson (NLA), 20 April 2006.
June 2011. Newspaper Article.
A carved wooden wolf has been placed near the lighthouse, next to the ruins of a chapel built to mark the spot where St Edmund first landed in 865AD.
See (S9) for further details.
D. Lefeuvre (HES), 8 August 2011.
Monument Types
- CHAPEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CHAPEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (Early 20th Century to 21st Century - 1901 AD to 2100 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (World War One - 1914 AD to 1918 AD)
- GARDEN (World War One - 1914 AD to 1918 AD)
- WAR MEMORIAL (World War One - 1914 AD to 1918 AD)
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FLOOR TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STAINED GLASS (WINDOW) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FLOOR TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1990. Help fro repairs. 1 February. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1996. Vital repairs save historic clifftop chapel from collapse. 13 September. |
| --- | Photograph: 1990. Photographs of St. Edmunds Chapel, Lighthouse Lane, Hunstanton. Colour. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Bull, F. M. 1913. St. Edmund's Chapel, Hunstanton. The Antiquary. Vol XLIX pp 376-378. |
| <S2> | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 64 SE 4 [5]. |
| <S3> | Unpublished Document: Taigel, A. 1998. Norfolk Gardens Trust: Town Gardens Survey - Volume 3. |
| <S4> | Unpublished Document: Januarys Consultant Surveyors. 1996. Specification for repair/remedial works at St Edmund's Chapel, Old Hunstanton. |
| <S5> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1571 4302-3 07-JUN-1946 (Norfolk SMR TF 6742A, C). |
| <S6> | Aerial Photograph: Hunting Surveys Ltd. 1969. HSL UK/69/949 0050-1 20-NOV-1969 (Norfolk SMR TF 6741A-B). |
| <S7> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905. OS 2nd edition 25" (1905) VI.5. |
| <S8> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Robertson, D., Crawley, P., Barker, A., and Whitmore, S. 2005. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey. Assessment Report and Updated Project Design. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 1045. |
Related records
| 41012 | Part of: Norfolk Rapid Coastal Survey: land based survey at Hunstanton (Monument) |
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