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Monument Number 1409856
Hob Uid: 1409856
Location : Wiltshire West Overton
Grid Ref : SU1416568222
Summary : Alleged site of a Templar's Chapel at Selk. There is a Selklye documented in 1300 between West Overton and Fyfield.
More information : There was a chapel "long since destroyed" at Selk in Mildenhall Parish which belonged to the Knights Templars. It is supposed to have stood in Mildenhall Woodlands (Woodlands Farm ? - SU 214714). In 1585 there was a wood here, belonging to the Hungerford family, called "St John's Throp". (1) No further information. (2) Wayler equates Mildenhall with Selk (hence 1) or Selkley which gave its name to the hundred. This is not supported by EPNS their only reference to Selkelye occurs in 1300 - a place between Overton and Fyfield (SU 1468). (3-4)

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Source details : F1 ANK 02-Sep-1969
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Source details : Wayler J, 1854. History of Marlborough, 22-3
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Source details : English Place-Name Society 40: Wiltshire, 1939
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Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Documented 1300
Monument End Date : 1300
Monument Start Date : 1300
Monument Type : Chapel
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Number : SU 16 NW 265
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Monument Number 1409856