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St Edmund's Chapel
St Edmund's Chapel is a church in Dover, dedicated to St Edmund. It was completed in 1262 as a wayside chapel or chapel of rest for the cemetery for the poor beside the Maison Dieu.
The building is about 28 feet in length, by 14 feet broad with walls of rubble masonry two feet thick, with Caen stone quoins and dressings.
It was consecrated in 1253 by Bishop Richard of Chichester.
Grade II* listed. Link
The building is about 28 feet in length, by 14 feet broad with walls of rubble masonry two feet thick, with Caen stone quoins and dressings.
It was consecrated in 1253 by Bishop Richard of Chichester.
Grade II* listed. Link
by N Chadwick
Created: Thu, 9 Mar 2017, Updated: Thu, 9 Mar 2017
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