Monument record MLI22232 - ALL SAINTS' HOSPITAL, HOLBEACH

Summary

ALL SAINTS' HOSPITAL, HOLBEACH

Type and Period (1)

  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Full Description

PRN 22232 All Saints' Hospital, Holbeach, for warden and fifteen poor persons, founded by Sir John of Kirton, 1351. It had ceased to exist by 1545, before suppression of chantries and hospitals. William Stukeley, born at Holbeach in 1687, considered the site near the church where the Chequers Inn stands. He remembered the remains of an ancient building, with carved stonework, arched doorways and mullioned windows being taken down by his father. {1}{2}{3}{4} The Chequers Inn (at TF 3591 2484) is wholly C18-20. No adjacent buildings appear earlier.{1} See also PRN 23697.

Sources/Archives (6)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. HOLBEACH. TF 32 SE:14,1965, D.A..
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William Page (ed). 1906. The Victoria County History: Lincolnshire - Volume 2. VOL 2 P 235.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: STUKELEY, W.. 1724. ITINERARIUM CURIOSUM. VOL 1 P 21.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: J. Charles Cox. 1924. Little Guide: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). pp.166-67.
  •  Index: SMR FILE HOLBEACH. HOLBEACH. TF 32 SE:S,1979, WHITE, A.J..
  •  Report: ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT SERVICES. 1997. REAPPRAISAL OF HOLBEACH CONSERVATION AREA. 23/97; HCA97.

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Location

Grid reference Centred TF 3592 2485 (100m by 100m) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish HOLBEACH, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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