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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 SE 22 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of a Nunnery of St. Werburgh, Hoo St. Werburgh |
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Summary
A Nunnery was founded at Hoo on c.686-97 by Werburgh, daughter of King Wulfhere of Mercia. It is thought that this was either destroyed or dissolved in the 9th century (c.840). The parish church is still dedicated to Werburgh but no trace of the nunnery survives. The place name Abbot's Court and the moated earthwork nearby probably relate to the medieval manor of Hoo, which was held by the Cistercian abbey of Boxley at the Dissolution.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 78 72 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77SE |
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| Parish: | HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- NUNNERY (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 687 AD to 840 AD)
Full description
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Werburg, daughter of King Wulfhere of Mercia, founded a nunnery at Hoo between 686 and 697 A.D. (Name Hoo St. Werburgh - TQ 7972). It may have endured from about 690 to about 840. (For present church of St. Werburgh see TQ 77 SE 11). (1)
Hoo, Kent. Land on the island (later Hoo St. Werburgh) and adjoining granted to Ecgbald and his familia (?Benedictine) c.687. Monastic under an abbot in 716. Dissolved or destroyed ?9th century. (2)
Additional reference. (3)
The parish church of Hoo [TQ 77 SE 11] is still dedicated to St. Werburg, but no trace of her nunnery survives. The place name Abbot's Court (TQ 794 722) and the moated earthwork [TQ 77 SE 34] nearby probably relate to the medieval manor of Hoo, which was held by the Cistercian abbey of Boxley at the Dissolution. (3,4).
Additional ref, in context with others in regions (5,6).
<1> Kent Archaeological Society, Archaeologia Cantiana, being contributions to the history and archaeology of Kent vol 1 (1858)-, 1935 (G Ward), Volume Nos. 47, Page Nos. 117-25 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6334.
<2> by David Knowles, R Neville Hadcock, 1971, Medieval religious houses in England and Wales, 1971, Page Nos. 475 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6370.
<3> Page, W. (ed), 1926, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Kent Volume II, Kent 1926, Volume Nos. II, Page Nos. 12-13, 154 (Monograph). SKE7944.
<4> RCHME Field Investigation Mar-1994 (P Struth) (OS Card Reference). SKE49000.
<5> RCHME: Anglo Saxon Monasteries in Kent, Essex and Greater London (Collection). SKE6500.
<6> Gem, Richard, 1995, Anglo-Saxon minsters of the Thames Estuary (Article in monograph). SWX9355.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: Kent Archaeological Society. Archaeologia Cantiana, being contributions to the history and archaeology of Kent vol 1 (1858)-. 1935 (G Ward), Volume Nos. 47, Page Nos. 117-25. |
| <2>XY | Bibliographic reference: by David Knowles, R Neville Hadcock. 1971. Medieval religious houses in England and Wales. 1971, Page Nos. 475. [Mapped feature: #25881 nunnery, ] |
| <3> | Monograph: Page, W. (ed). 1926. The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Kent Volume II. Kent 1926, Volume Nos. II, Page Nos. 12-13, 154. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: RCHME Field Investigation Mar-1994 (P Struth). |
| <5> | Collection: RCHME: Anglo Saxon Monasteries in Kent, Essex and Greater London. |
| <6> | Article in monograph: Gem, Richard. 1995. Anglo-Saxon minsters of the Thames Estuary. 41-54. |
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