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Monument details
Summary
At the east end of the Infirmary Hall was the Infirmary Chapel in which daily mass was said for the sick and infirm.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1551 5780 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CHAPEL (Medieval - 1126 AD to 1538 AD?)
Full description
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At the east end of the Infirmary Hall was the Infirmary Chapel in which daily mass was said for the sick and infirm, the main altar in the chapel was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin.
The Infirmary Chapel was built during the abbacy of Abbot Hugh II (1126-1151) and it was probably repaired when repair work was being carried out to the Infirmary in c. 1270-80 during Abbot Thorne's time.
The chapel was about 100 feet in length E-W by about 40 feet in width N-S, with a roughly square nave; a small apsidal chapel to the NE and a long rectangular shaped, square ended chancel. Access to the chapel was via a doorway in the south-east corner of the Infirmary Hall. Most of these building were demolished at the Dissolution under Henry VIII.
Roebuck, J., 2002, St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury (Monograph). SKE30293.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | --- | Monograph: Roebuck, J.. 2002. St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury. |
