Monument record MDO8681 - St Mary Magdalene's Hospital, Christchurch

Leper hospital founded 1318, in use until the mid 17th century. A series of possible earthworks in a playing field on the south side of Barrack Road are visible on 2009 Google Earth imagery and these may be associated with the former leper hospital. The site was mapped by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

The hospital fell into disuse when leprosy became almost an extinct disease - prior to the middle the 17th century. <1>

Nicholas Crompton was Governor in 1609. <2>

Lesser Hospital (Net income under £50) dissolved or moved elsewhere before AD 1500. <4>

St Mary Magdalene's Hospital. A leper hospital founded 1318, date of dis. Unknown. <7>

The site is occupied by large 19th c houses and gardens and a modern recreation ground. <5>

A series of possible earthworks in a playing field on the south side of Barrack Road are visible on Google Earth imagery and these may be associated with the former leper hospital <8>. The site was mapped by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Wilks Rev T C, 1859-62, History of Hampshire, Vol 3 (Monograph). SWX3636.

<2> Page, W, ed, 1912, History of the County of Hampshire (Victoria County History) 5, 418 (Monograph). SDO13953.

<2.1> Calendar of State Papers Domestic 1603-10, p496 (Bibliographic reference). SWX8431.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1931-38 (Map). SWX1540.

Site of St Mary Magdalene's Hospital (GT)

<4> Hadcock, R N, 1950, Ordnance Survey Monastic Britain (South sheet) (Map). SWX3637.

<5> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 17-JUL-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<6> Clay, Rotha Mary, 1966, The mediaeval hospitals of England, 293 (Monograph). SWX8347.

<7> Knowles, D, and Hadcock, R N, 1971, Medieval religious houses in England and Wales, p264 (Monograph). SDO17348.

<8> Google Earth, 2009, Google Earth 2009 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15393.

<9> National Record of the Historic Environment, 458561 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 3 2023 11:53AM