Monument record 0055501000 - ST PETER'S CHAPEL, QUARRENDON

Summary

Historical records of now ruined medieval chapel, may date even earlier

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  • CHAPEL (12th Century to 16th Century - 1100 AD to 1599 AD)

Description

Plan Form - Subrectangular.
Originally an appendage to Bierton; founded by John Farnham c.1392 (B1).
Church altered & decorated by Sir Henry Lee at end of C16 but soon fell into decay. Last burial: 1803 (B7).
In 1419 church exempted from tithes either due to poverty or Papal favour (B10).
Virtually a private chapel of the Lees (B11).
Interpretation of RCHME topographic survey. Speculation as to possible earlier origin, as early as C7 villa regalis - chapel already existed by early C12: single reference in registers of the Bishop of Lincoln; distinctive, inconvenient location on edge of the floodplain of a tributary of the Thame, set apart from secular settlement pattern. Dedication to St Peter - characteristic of early foundations (B18).

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  • ---SBC17794 Aerial Photograph: 25/07/48. CUC BV 89. SP\802157. Yes.
  • ---SBC17817 Aerial Photograph: 09/04/49. CUC CA 81-83. SP\801158. Yes.
  • ---SBC17846 Aerial Photograph: 06/09/80. CUC CNH 40. SP\801159. Yes.
  • ---SBC18422 Aerial Photograph: 06/02/85. NMR SP7915/10/154. SP\799157. Yes.
  • <1>SBC8039 Bibliographic reference: LYSONS D & S 1813 MAGNA BRITANNICA 1 PP623-624.
  • <2>SBC5605 Bibliographic reference: GENTLEMEN'S MAGAZINE 1817 PT 1 P504; PT 2 PP105-8, 115,489; 1818 PT 1 PP116-120.
  • <3>SBC7639 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 2 PP406-409.
  • <4>SBC13281 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1855 1 PP149-150; 1857 2 PP22-27; 19 04 9 PP173-174; 1912 10 PP181-182.
  • <5>SBC14715 Bibliographic reference: SMYTH W H 1864 ADDENDA TO AEDES HARTWELLIANAE PP12 7-136.
  • <6>SBC12693 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 P273.
  • <7>SBC16034 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 4 PP100-102.
  • <8>SBC1119 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER,1932.
  • <9>SBC2828 Bibliographic reference: 1936. CHAMBERS E K 1936 SIR HENRY LEE PP301-308.
  • <10>SBC1641 Bibliographic reference: BERESFORD M W 1953 NOTES ON BUCKS DMV'S (IN CAS FI LE 0000).
  • <11>SBC1635 Bibliographic reference: BERESFORD M W & ST JOSEPH J K 1958 MEDIEVAL ENGLAN D,AN AERIAL SURVEY PP57-59,116-117.
  • <13>SBC15 Serial: (SEE NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS ETC FILED; ALSO CORRESPONDENCE RE PIECES OF CARVED STONE FROM CHURCH IN CAS.
  • <14>SBC5773 Bibliographic reference: GOWING C N,FEB 1977.
  • <15>SBC10941 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP81 NW6,FILED.
  • <16>SBC13165 Bibliographic reference: RCHM(E), 1989-1990 (COPY OF SURVEY IN CAS FILE 040 7).
  • <17>SBC11561 Bibliographic reference: PARKHOUSE J (BCM) FEBRUARY 1996 SITE VISIT (PHOTOS, FILED).

Location

Grid reference SP 80100 15900 (point)
Civil Parish QUARRENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC14147)

Record last edited

Feb 22 2023 2:48PM

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