Site of Chapel at Chelmscote, Brailes.
Description of this historic site
The site of a Medieval chapel is suggested by documentary evidence. It is thought to have existed at the Medieval settlement of Chelmscote.
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Notes about this historic site
1 There was a chapel at Chelmscote deserted settlement.
2 In 1322 Thomas de Pakinton founded a chantry of two priests in the chapel of Chelmscote. In 1406 the advowson of the free chapel was in the hands of John Willicotes and his wife. The chapel is recorded again in 1517.
3 No trace of the chapel found.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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