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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 02 SW 16 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | St mary's chapel |
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Summary
There was formerly a chapel dedicated to St Mary at the Nesse, and a hermitage, in this parish.
| Grid Reference: | TR 04 20 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR02SW |
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| Parish: | LYDD, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CHAPEL (CHAPEL, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HERMITAGE (RELIGIOUS) (HERMITAGE, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Full description
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TR 0420. Chapel and Hermitage of St Mary. There was formerly a chapel dedicated to St Mary at the Nesse in this parish, and in the wills of the reign of Henry VIII there is frequent mention of a Hermit and Hermitage. Our Lady of Nesse is mentioned in a number of the Archdeaconry Wills, and the Churchwardens' Accounts of Lydd 1520-1558 have several references to the Hermit and Hermitage. (1) Additional bibliography - not consulted. (2)
<1> Arch Cant 29 1911 244 (A Hussey) (OS Card Reference). SKE34950.
<2> Hist of Kent 3 517 (E Hasted) (OS Card Reference). SKE43970.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 29 1911 244 (A Hussey). [Mapped feature: #38006 Site of chapel, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Hist of Kent 3 517 (E Hasted). |
