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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 56 NE 42
Type of record:Monument
Name:Medieval Chapel (site of)

Summary

Medieval Chapel (site of)


Grid Reference:TQ 598 680
Map Sheet:TQ56NE
Parish:FAWKHAM, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

  • CHAPEL (CHAPEL, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1274 AD to 1857 AD)

Full description

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Chantry chapel of St. Mary, Fawkham. This stood in a field to the east of the Church (TQ 56 NE 21) and adjoining the churchyard. An engraving of the roofless building in 1769 is the Custumale Roffensis,1788, 116 by J Thorpe. The walls and foundations were removed in 1857. The Chantry was founded in 1274 by Sir William de Fawkham. (1)


<1> Arch Cant 29 1911 236 (A Hussey) (OS Card Reference). SKE34945.

Sources and further reading

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<1>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 29 1911 236 (A Hussey).