Monument record MDO47184 - Chapel, Higher Waterston, Puddletown

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Summary

Higher Waterston is thought possibly to be the site of a free chapel mentioned in documents around 1372 and extant in 1547.

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

"Walterston" (Higher Waterston - SY 7295. Lower Waterston - SY 7395). "Here was formerly a free chapel, which was probably neglected at the beginning of the Reformation". In 1546 it was granted to Edward Rogers. <1> Hutchins mentions a former chapel at Waterston, which is referred to as "Capelle de Waltereston" (no date) in the Cartulary of Christchurch Priory (1372) and in the Minister's Accounts of 1412, as "ecclesie de Walterston". <2>

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Monograph: Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W (eds). 1863. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 2. Vol 2. 620.
  • <2> Monograph: Mills, A D. 1977. The place-names of Dorset, Part 1: the Isle of Purbeck, the hundreds of Rowbarrow, Hasler, Winfrith, Culliford Tree, Bere Regis, Barrow, Puddletown St George. 52. 384pp. 320.
  • <2.1> Monograph: Hutchins, J. 1774. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 1. 1st edition. Vol 1.
  • <3>XY Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 454790. [Mapped feature: #636910 ]

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Location

Grid reference SY 7250 9550 (point)
Map sheet SY79NW
Civil Parish Puddletown; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 79 NW 38
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 454790

Record last edited

Sep 26 2023 2:45PM

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