More information : The monastery of 'Ad Baruae' in Lindsay - generally identified with Barrow on Humber - was founded about the middle of the 7th century, probably between 669 and 672. It was destroyed by the Danes and never rebuilt. Near the Gas House, Barrow [area centred : TA0729 2173] is the site of the monastery said to have been founded by St. Chad, who obtained from Wulfere, King of Mercia, the land of 50 families at Barwe. Said to be afterwards the seat of a Saxon bishop. A stone coffin, a gold ring, and a two-pronged iron fork have been found here. (1-2) The former Gas House (now Chesney House) is at TA 07312172; here a burial in a stone coffin was found in the 19th c. In 1880 many skeletons were found in an area cent. at TA 07362169. They were without coffins, oriented east-west, and laid head to foot. Several 'gold rings' are also reported as having been found and it has been assumed that this was the monk's cemetery. (3) There are no surface indications of this site. Chesney House is unoccupied. (4)
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