Monument record MLI89437 - Site of St James' Chapel, South Rauceby
Summary
Site of St James' Chapel, South Rauceby
Type and Period (1)
- CHAPEL (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1640 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
PRN 64267
There was a chapel in South Rauceby dedicated to St James, and in the gift of the Priory of Shelford. It stood a little to the north of the village of South Rauceby, and on the east of the road leading to North Rauceby. Holles, about the year 1640, speaking of South Rauceby says: "In this place the church is down". The chapel appears to have been pulled down before 1640 and all traces of it had disappeared by 1871.{1}
St Jame's Chapel site. Chapel was demolished before 1640. The published site is marked only by amorphous surface disturbance.{2}{3}
The site of the chapel is depicted on the Ordnance Survey County Series map of 1905.{4}
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI920 Bibliographic Reference: Edward Trollope. 1872. Sleaford and the Wapentakes of Flaxwell and Aswardhurn in the County of Lincoln. page 287.
- <2> SLI3278 Index: SMR FILE SOUTH RAUCEBY. SOUTH RAUCEBY. TF 04 NW: G.
- <3> SLI2738 Index: OS CARD INDEX SOUTH RAUCEBY. SOUTH RAUCEBY. TF 04 NW: 3, 1965, SEAMAN, B.H..
- <4> SLI3566 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. TF04NW.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 02715 45808 (30m by 30m) Approximate |
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Civil Parish | SOUTH RAUCEBY, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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