East Hendred Grange |
| Hob Uid: 766652 | |
Location :
Oxfordshire
Vale of White Horse
East Hendred
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| Grid Ref : SU4600088000 |
| Summary : Sheen owned an important manor and had a chapel here, but it appears to have ranked as a grange (income over #36 in 1535); it is most improbable that monks were ever resident, though a few lay-brothers with a secular chaplain were possibly sent here. |
More information : (SU 46 88) Sited from village name on OS 1:10 000 1981.
A grange is shown at East Hendred on a map of monastic sites in Oxfordshire. (1)
Described as a monastic cell by A.L.Humphreys, in East Hendred (1923). Sheen owned an important manor and had a chapel here, but it appears to have ranked as a grange (income over #36 in 1535); it is most improbable that monks were ever resident, though a few lay-brothers with a secular chaplain were possibly sent here. (2) |