Monument record MDO43379 - Medieval chapel, Pierson, Milton-on-Stour, Gillingham

A chapel extant in 1319 and described as ruinous in 1650. The exact location of the chapel has not been identified.

Free chapel of Milton on Stour; value, grants etc. <1>

No evidence for the site of the chapel was obtained in Milton. Tithe Maps were not available. The modern church is situated well away from the nucleus of the village. <3>

Milton on Stour: surveyed in Domesday as Milton, the estate was given to Abbotsbury Abbey circa 17 Hen VI. There was a free chapel here; the founder and date of foundation are both unknown. In the time of Ed VI it was granted to Thos Bee and Richard Duke. In 1650 the impropriation belonged to the Dirdoes and was worth £30 pa, but the chapel was at that time decayed and disused. The list of Rectors covers the period between 1319 and 1539. <3>

<1> Hutchins, J, 1868, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 3. 3rd edition, 626-7 (Monograph). SDO11486.

<2> Fry, E A, 1909, Dorset Chantries; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 51 (Article in serial). SWX1335.

"I have never been able to trace the site of this chapel. The present church was constructed late in the last century on entirely new ground".

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 02-FEB-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 202308 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 9 2022 2:50PM