| Description | Three possible sites for the chapel or chantry of St Thomas, said to have been erected on the site of the execution in 1322 of Thomas of Lancaster. Said by Lawton to have been built by one Simeon ca. 1361. Demolished soon after Dissolution? (Leland refers to it in the past tense. 1) SE 4664 2330 site designated by Ordnance Survey. Said by Field Inspector to be based on local tradition which in turn is based on the discovery of a small quantity of worked stone within the rubble mound forming the base of the windmill which stood upon the site in 1963. In fact, the windmill (St Thomas Mill on the 1st edn OS 6 map) was located ca. SE 4660 2332. No other associated finds, but possibly best candidate on topographical grounds referred to as the chapel on the mount in a 13th (recte 14th?) c. Parliamentary Roll ref. 2) SE 464 233 Ornamental carved stonework found in the back garden of 7 Ridgedale Mount in 1982. 3) SE 466 231 Human bone from seven individuals (three male, one female, remainder?) exposed by bulldozer Oct. 1962. Nitrogen analysis (???) suggested 16th/17th date, but no other candidate for burial ground in the area. Further WYAS investigation in first instance. |