Monument record MDO3778 - Chapel of ease, East Orchard

The platform and enclosure of the former chapel-of-ease, which is shown on the Tithe Map (1840) as a rectangle with a projection. The building now is represented by a sunken platform. The chapel was demolished in 1859.

The church was erected about the 14th century and taken down in 1859. <2>

The chapel may have a late C12th or early C13th date as the font of this period is now in St Thomas' Church (ST 81 NW 17). <3>

84201822 The platform, approximately 10m diameter, is scarp into a moderate slope to a depth of 0.8m. It has been mutilated by the exercising of horses and a perfect 'ring' formed. There are no building remains, and the present owner has no knowledgeof the site. <4>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25 inch scale map, 1928 (Map). SDO18020.

(ST 84211822) Church (NR) (site of) (NAT)

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1928, Ordnance Survey Object Name Book reference revision 1928 (Unpublished document). SWX1205.

<2.1> Oral: Rev E V Chappel, East Orchard (Verbal communication). SDO18666.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 16 (Monograph). SDO99.

'(11) PLATFORM AND ENCLOSURE (84211822) of the former chapel-of-ease (see (I)), lie near the N. boundary of the parish. On the Tithe Map of 1840 the building appears as a rectangle with a projection, perhaps a porch, at the centre of the S. side. The building now is represented by a sunken platform, some 30 ft. by 40 ft., orientated E.-W.'

<4> Chaplin, C P, Various, Field Investigators Comments CC, F1 CC 31-JAN-78 (Unpublished document). SWX3450.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 206005 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 11 2022 1:58PM