Monument record 1160/434/2 - Churchyard Close

Churchyard Close is depicted on 18th and 19th century maps and may be associated with the former site of St Margaret's Chapel which is known to have been located in this area, rather than St James Abbey.

{1} A single composite map of the area taken primarily from a map of Duston Manor made c. 1722. However, an unscaled map of 1932 provides the most comprehensive source of fieldnames. This summarises the fieldnames of the period 1844-57 first collated in the sale of Duston Lodge Farm in 1919 by Lord Walter Kerr.; In 1659, Mark Parker passed 6a known as Dovehouse Close, to Matthew Sillesby who passed it to Messrs Lovell, Norwwood and Wollaston, a group of speculators in 1662. It changed hands once more in 1663 when the owner became John Ventris of Suffolk, who left it to his son of the same name. Ventris the younger sold it 1707 to Joseph Woolston but not before he had split it into three parts, of which one part now became known as Churchyard Close, later described as constituting 2a 2r 13p, lying at the west end of Dovehouse Close.

<0> Chapman A , Chapman P, 2000-01, Northampton, Express Lift Company, Abbey Works, (unchecked) (Note). SNN104001.

<1> Chapman A., 2000, Archaeological Evaluation Of The Former Express Lift Company, Abbey Works, Weedon Road, Northampton, Fig. 2 (Report). SNN100471.

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Nov 4 2025 2:42PM