Monument record MLI52542 - SITE OF FORMER CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS

Summary

SITE OF FORMER CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS

Type and Period (1)

  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

Full Description

ALL SAINTS HAD ST MARY'S AMALGAMATED WITH IT IN THE MID C13 THEY APPEAR JOINTLY LISTED IN 1254, WHILE IN 1291 AND 1428 ST MARY'S IS NOT REFERRED TO. THE FORMER SITE OF ALL SAINTS HAS POSSIBLY BEEN LOCATED BY THE DISCOVERY OF PART OF A CHURCHYARD CEMETERY IN USE IN C13 SOUTH OF THE VILLAGE. ALL SAINTS CHURCH SURVIVED IN USE THROUGHOUT THE C15: IT IS DESCRIBED AS BEING IN DECAY IN 1535 AND IS ABSENT FROM DIOCESIAN RETURNS AT THE END OF THE CENTURY. THE FOSSE NUNNERY LAY IN ITS PARISH. {1}

Sources/Archives (1)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. ARCHIVE NOTES.

Map

Location

Grid reference SK 8361 7850 (point)
Civil Parish TORKSEY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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