Monument record 6725/1 - Possible Medieval Hermitage, Stamford Road

Medieval hermitage. A chapel survived until at least the mid 16th century and a building of some form still stood in the early 19th century

{1} Medieval hermitage located adjacent the Stamford Road beyond the brook in Armitage Close. A chapel was standing here in the mid 16th century when Leland described 'a little withoute Welleden I passed over a broket, and thereby I saw a faire chapelle'. The building was standing in 1585 with what appears to have been some form of gatehouse beside the road. A building still survived in 1814 but had gone by the late 19th century.

<1> Foard, G.; Hall, D. & Partida, T., 2009, Rockingham Forest: An atlas of the medieval and early-modern landscape, p. 296 (Book). SNN106598.

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May 29 2020 1:23PM