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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NW 22 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Probable chapel site, Nashenden, Rochester |
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Summary
A chapel at Nashenden, shown on a city survey of 1882, and on the last Ordnance Survey map. No trace now remains. Investigation identified walls made of flint, stone and tile courses with a core of rubble and flint with mortar of whole shells, similar to that used in the building of Rochester Castle. Documentary references refer to a Chapel in the 12th and early 15th centuries. There are no extant remains of this chapel, and the date of foundation or dedication was not ascertained during fieldwork.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7315 6588 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76NW |
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| Parish: | ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CHURCH (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon to Medieval - 410 AD to 1539 AD)
- CHAPEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Site of a Saxon or Medieval chapel at Nashenden, shown on a city map of 1882 |
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Full description
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[TQ 73156589] Chapel [GT] (Remains of) (1) [TQ 73156589] Chapel [GT] (Site of) (2) Shown as Chapel. (3) There is now no trace of the site of the chapel at Nashenden, although shown on a city survey of 1882, and on the last Ordnance Survey. The walls were of flints, stones and tile courses with a core of rubble and flint with mortar of whole shells, similar to that used in the building of Rochester Castle. The walls at places were 2'11" thick. Fragments of red roofing tiles and yellow paving tiles were found. Reference made by James Phippen: "In 1401 all the tithes of the three important manors of Neschenden, with Great and Little Delce were granted to the Monks of St. Andrew's [Rochester.] Neschenden was a Chapel dependent on St. Margarets". (a) (4) "Hescindena-Nashenden manor. Entered as a chapel to last, and was situated in the same parish". [The Textus Roffensis is dated 1115, but article includes a theory that all churches listed in the charter are of Saxon foundation.] (5) There are no extant remains of this chapel, and date of foundation or dedication not ascertained during fieldwork. Area shown as 'Site of chapel' on deeds in possession of the present tenants of Nashenden Farm. AM Survey correct. (6)
<1> O.S. 6" 1898 (OS Card Reference). SKE47815.
<2> O.S. 6" 1938-9 (OS Card Reference). SKE47829.
<3> Map of Nashenden 1596 by Philip Symonson (Property of Rochester Bridgewardens). (OS Card Reference). SKE46530.
<4> The Records of Rochester Diocese p.248 (Rev.C.H.Fielding) (OS Card Reference). SKE50486.
<5> Kentish Pilgrim Land 1925 pp.249-51. Map & plan (W.Coles Finch) (OS Card Reference). SKE45970.
<6> Arch. Cant. Vol.44 1932 p.46 (Saxon Churches in the Textus Roffensis) (OS Card Reference). SKE37111.
<7> F1 AC 22.09.59 (OS Card Reference). SKE41821.
<8> Field report for monument TQ 76 NW 22 - September, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4090.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: O.S. 6" 1898. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: O.S. 6" 1938-9. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Map of Nashenden 1596 by Philip Symonson (Property of Rochester Bridgewardens).. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: The Records of Rochester Diocese p.248 (Rev.C.H.Fielding). |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: Kentish Pilgrim Land 1925 pp.249-51. Map & plan (W.Coles Finch). |
| <6>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch. Cant. Vol.44 1932 p.46 (Saxon Churches in the Textus Roffensis). [Mapped feature: #22532 site of chapel, ] |
| <7> | OS Card Reference: F1 AC 22.09.59. |
| <8> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 76 NW 22 - September, 1959. |
