More information : [TF 0985 4504] CHAPEL [G.T.] (Site of) (1)
[Area TF 098 451](5). The former village of Thorpe or Laythorpe
is mentioned in 1086 and is found as a separate place until the
early 14th century. [See AO/LP/63/292 for earthworks on air
photograph.] There is supposed to have been a chapel of ease
here. Beresford lists a parish church here, to which he says,
an incumbent was last instituted in 1592, but see TF 04 N.E. 17
for St. Peter's Church, site, and evidence of a second deserted
village. See also TF 04 N.E. 21 for a third deserted site. (2-5)
Early fields (containing rig & furrow) are evident in the area
but there is no evidence of desertion. The pattern of fields
suggests that the buildings of the former village lay on each
side of the road, where modern houses now stand.
The published site of the chapel falls under modern gardens; no
surface traces are visible. (6)
The Medieval settlement referred to by the previous authorities
was seen as earthworks and mapped from poor quality air
photographs. These remains have been ploughed flat and are now
visible as cropmarks. The remains of five possible crofts
measuring on average 130m by 40m are centred at TF 0980 4515.
(Morph No. LI.852.4.1)
This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database.
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