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Old Parish Church
Hob Uid: 305073
Location : Staffordshire East Staffordshire Croxden
Grid Ref : SK0648039850
Summary : The buried remains of a chapel to Croxden Abbey, which was later used as Croxden parish church. Documentary evidence establishes that the chapel was sited directly to the east of the gatehouse and was constructed in the mid 13th century. This chapel survived as Croxden parish church until 1886 when it was replaced with the present church (St Giles's) 30 metres to the north.
More information : Previously recorded as SK 03 NE 1.2 [SK 06483985] Site of "Old Church (Guest Chapel)" [sited from plan in Source 1]. (1) Croxden. "The 'Capella extra portas' of the Abbey, which was used as the parish church until 1885, was in that year pulled down and the present uninteresting building put up on its site". (2) St Giles Church - dedicated 1253 and appropiated to Croxden Abbey. Rebuilt in 1885. (3) The Gatehouse Chapel was 18ft 6ins wide and 54ft long on the S side and 50ft 6ins on the N. The architectural evidence supports a mid-C13th date. (4-5) There are no visible remains of the Gatehouse Chapel. (6) Scheduled. (7) Additional references. (8-9)

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Source details : Lynam C. 1911. The Abbey of St Mary, Croxden, 70
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Source details : Hutchinson SW. 1893. The Archdeaconry of Stoke on Trent, 65
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : 2nd Series (G Wardle)
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Vol(s) : 10, 1885

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Source details : GY Wardle
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Vol(s) : 49 (II), 1886

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Source details : F1 PAS 3 Mar 1975
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Source details : 15-Apr-94
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Source Number : 8
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Source details : PhD thesis, University of York
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Source Number : 9
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Source details : 'Croxden Abbey, Staffordshire. Croxden Abbey and its environs: an analytical earthwork survey', by G Brown and B Jones, 2009
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Vol(s) : 94-2009

Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Mid C13
Monument End Date : 1266
Monument Start Date : 1233
Monument Type : Chapel
Evidence : Documentary Evidence, Sub Surface Deposit

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Demolished in 1885
Monument End Date : 1885
Monument Start Date : 1885
Monument Type : Parish Church
Evidence : Documentary Evidence, Sub Surface Deposit

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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : ST 5
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 21531
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SK 03 NE 18
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1975-03-03
End Date : 1975-03-03

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Old Parish Church