Monument record 0246100000 - ST JOHN BAPTIST CHAPEL

Summary

Historical records of thirteenth to sixteenth century chapel. The chapel was dissolved in 1547 and after a long period of disuse it was pulled down and a school was built on the site.

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  • CHAPEL (13th Century to 19th Century - 1200 AD to 1800 AD? (at some time))

Description

ANCIENT CHAPEL TAKEN DOWN TO BUILD INFANT SCHOOL. FEW NOTICES ON RECORD OF THIS CHAPEL (B1).
SEEMS TO HAVE BELONGED TO BOROUGH. DISSOLVED AS CHANTRY CHAPEL 1547 BUT CONTD GRANTS & PRIEST. LONG DISUSED BEFORE PULLED DOWN (B2,B7).
FOUNDED BEFORE 1300; DISSOLVED ?BEFORE 1547 (B5).
ATTACHED TO HOSPITAL?.



A chapel of St John the Baptist formerly stood on the Tring road at Wendover. It seems to have belonged to the borough, but was dissolved as a chantry chapel in 1547; after which it passed through various hands. After long disuse it was finally pulled down and an Infants School built on the site (B7).
The only school building in this vicinity is at SP 8697 0782. It was erected in 1879 and was a junior school before closure (B8).

Sources (10)

  • <1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p212.
  • <2>SBC20460 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1905. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume I. Volume 1. p394.
  • <3>SBC16504 Bibliographic reference: WEST L H 1909 HISTORY OF WENDOVER P25.
  • <4>SBC6799 Bibliographic reference: JENKINS J G(ED) 1938 CARTULARY OF MISSENDEN ABBEY PT I IN BUCKSRECORDSOC2P201"".
  • <5>SBC7144 Bibliographic reference: KNOWLES D & HADCOCK R N 1971 MEDIEVAL RELIGIOUS HO USES IN ENGLAND & WALES 2ND EDITION PP336,401.
  • <6>SBC12255 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1977. PIKE A R, JUNE 1977, PERS COMM FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT.
  • <7>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p28.
  • <8>SBC29040 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 JRL 21-OCT-74.
  • <9>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Insert 2005, Update 2009..
  • <10>SBC28638 Bibliographic reference: D Knowles & R N Hadcock. 1953. MEDIEVAL RELIGIOUS HOUSES in England and Wales 1953.

Location

Grid reference SP 87020 07940 (point)
Civil Parish WENDOVER, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC13450)

Record last edited

Feb 4 2026 2:05PM

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