2015

SK9690 : The Chapel of St Edmund Spital in the Street

taken 9 years ago, near to Caenby Corner, Lincolnshire, England

The Chapel of St Edmund Spital in the Street
The Chapel of St Edmund Spital in the Street
Grade II Listed chapel that stands on ancient lands of the Duchy of Cornwall and on Ermine Street (now the A15) one of the most important main roads in England. The chapel has the status of a 'Royal Free Chapel' and is not subject to visitation by the Bishop of Lincoln or the Archbishop of Canterbury. The dedication of the chapel to St Edmund who was killed in 870 suggests a possible Saxon origin. The first documentary evidence of a chapel is in 1165. Between 1395 and 1397 the chapel was reconstructed by Thomas de Aston, Archdeacon of Stow, and a prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral; the Pope granted special privileges to those who contributed to the rebuilding. For many years, during the English Reformation the chapel was used as a meeting house for the Lindsey Quarter Sessions; but when the Wrays built a new sessions house nearby in 1594 the old chapel became derelict. The chapel was rebuilt in 1616, using some materials salvaged from the previous build and the new chapel was probably smaller than its predecessor. Continuing as a chapel to serve the almshouses and the local community it was refurbished again in 1665 following damage and neglect during the Civil War. In 1830 John Pretyman rebuilt the chapel taking the unusual step of reorientating the building West/East (ie with the communion table at the West end rather than the East). We know that the restored chapel was furnished out with box pews, again possibly reused from earlier builds. A final refurbishment in which the sanctuary was raised and a perpendicular style roof installed resulted on October 7, 1889 with Bishop Edward King coming to Spital to re-open the chapel which continued to function until the 1970s. A dwindling congregation and the closure and sale of the almshouses caused the chapel to be declared redundant and the pews were removed. In 1995 it was purchased by the Spital Chantry Trust of St Edmund which is dedicated to the restoration and refurbishment. (Details taken from the Trust's information sheet.)

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SK9690, 16 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Jo and Steve Turner   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 10 May, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 17 May, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 9662 9003 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:23.8959N 0:32.9003W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 9663 9003
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West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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