Monument record MDO485 - Priory Orchard, Bridport

Medieval Priory Orchard place name marked on 1888 Ordnance Survey map. The 'priory' may refer to the chapel and later Munden's chantry of St Michael.

The site of a former Priory Orchard is marked on the 1888 Ordnance Survey 1:500 map (1). This place name is not recorded on the Tithe map and apportionment (2). Priory Orchard, located on the west side of St Michael's Lane, is named in a deed of 1750 and land tax certificate of 1778 (3).

The area contained in T.1. comprises of allotment gardens to the south and industrial buildings to the north. No traces of antiquity were observed in the vicinity. Old maps and tithe maps were not available at the time of field investigation, and no information regarding a priory or Priory Orchard was obtained. <4>

The 'priory' may be the chapel and later Munden's chantry of St Michael <5> <6>.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1887, Ordnance Survey 1887 Bridport 38. 10.6 (Map). SWX1321.

<2> James, R, 1845, Bridport, Dorset, 1845

Bridport, Dorset, 1845 (Map). SDO10499.

<3> Bridport Gundry Catalogue, D/BGL/B29 (Index). SDO10546.

<4> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 22-SEP-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<5> Short, B and Sales, J, 1980, The Book of Bridport, 32 (Monograph). SDO10542.

<6> Cox P, Chandler J and Cotton J, 1997, The Proposed Redevelopment of the Southwest Quadrant, Bridport: Archaeological and Cultural Heritage Assessment (Unpublished document). SWX8617.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 450141 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 20 2022 3:22PM