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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 76 SE 3
Type of record:Monument
Name:St. Mary Magdelene's chapel, Lidsing

Summary

The site of St Mary Magdalene's chapel at Lidsing is mentioned from 1500 in the Consistory Wills and was still in use in 1782


Grid Reference:TQ 7911 6324
Map Sheet:TQ76SE
Parish:GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • CEMETERY (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • CHAPEL (CHAPEL, Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Full description

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[TQ 7911 6324] St Mary Magdalene's Chapel [GT] Site of [NAT] (1) Graveyard (dis) [NAT] (2) The chapel of St Mary Magdalene at Lidsing is mentioned from 1500 in the Consistory Wills and was still in use in 1782. (3) The site of Lidsing Chapel and graveyard is heavily overgrown. The chapel is visible as a low mound with a scatter of building debris; all that remains of the graveyard are a number of gravestone fragments. (4) Condition unchanged. (5)


<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<2> OS 25" 1938 (OS Card Reference). SKE48265.

<3> Archaeologia Cantiana Vol 29 1911 p237 (A Hussey) (OS Card Reference). SKE37329.

<4> F1 CFW 22-NOV-61 (OS Card Reference). SKE42709.

<5> F2 ASP 21-OCT-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43145.

<6> Field report for monument TQ 76 SE 3 - November, 1961 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4137.

<7> Field report for monument TQ 76 SE 3 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4138.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961.
<2>OS Card Reference: OS 25" 1938.
<3>XYOS Card Reference: Archaeologia Cantiana Vol 29 1911 p237 (A Hussey). [Mapped feature: #23807 Site of chapel, ]
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 22-NOV-61.
<5>OS Card Reference: F2 ASP 21-OCT-64.
<6>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 76 SE 3 - November, 1961.
<7>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 76 SE 3 - October, 1964.