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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 05 NE 4 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Holy Trinity Chapel And Hospital |
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Summary
Holy Trinity Chapel And Hospital. Hospital for the sick and lepers documented in 1384.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0528 5953 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR05NE |
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| Parish: | BOUGHTON UNDER BLEAN, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CHAPEL (CHAPEL, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1384 AD to 1900 AD)
- HOSPITAL (HOSPITAL, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1384 AD to 1900 AD?)
Full description
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[TR 0528 5953] Chapel [NR] (Site of) [NAT] (1) Trinity Chapel, Boughton Street, was at the foot of the steep hill at the west end of the village, and on the south side of the road. A Hospital of the Holy Trinity for a master, lay-brethren and sisters, lepers and infirm, is mentioned in 1384. (2-4) The site of this chapel lies in a small orchard. There is nothing to be seen on the ground and no confirmatory evidence for the siting was obtained locally. (5) A large chapel - 150ft. by 50ft. - and a house of the same dimensions,for lepers and other infirm, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was built at Boughton. First records of the hospital date from 1384 when Thomas-atte-Herst was pardoned by Richard II for having founded and built it without licence, also for having ordained a number of lay brothers and sisters to dwell there. No later records are known. (6-8)
<1> OS 6" 1908 (OS Card Reference). SKE48323.
<2> Testa Cant E Kent 1907 28 (A Hussey) (OS Card Reference). SKE49836.
<3> Arch Cant 29 1911 222 (A Hussey) (OS Card Reference). SKE34940.
<4> Med Rel Houses Eng & Wales 1953 256 (Knowles & Hadcock) (OS Card Reference). SKE46777.
<5> F1 CFW 10.06.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42506.
<6> VCH Kent II 1926 208 (RC Fowler) (OS Card Reference). SKE51178.
<7> Md Hospitals of Eng 1966 42 297 (RM Clay) (OS Card Reference). SKE46668.
<8> Md Rel Houses 1971 315 344 504 (Knowles & Hadcock) (OS Card Reference). SKE46683.
<9> Field report for monument TR 05 NE 4 - June, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5193.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1908. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Testa Cant E Kent 1907 28 (A Hussey). |
| <3>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 29 1911 222 (A Hussey). [Mapped feature: #39939 Hospital, ] |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Med Rel Houses Eng & Wales 1953 256 (Knowles & Hadcock). |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 10.06.63. |
| <6> | OS Card Reference: VCH Kent II 1926 208 (RC Fowler). |
| <7> | OS Card Reference: Md Hospitals of Eng 1966 42 297 (RM Clay). |
| <8> | OS Card Reference: Md Rel Houses 1971 315 344 504 (Knowles & Hadcock). |
| <9> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 05 NE 4 - June, 1963. |
