Monument record MWX695 - All Hallows Chapel, Wareham Town

A chapel annexed to St Martin's Church stood on the west side of North Street and the corner of Bow Lane. Traces of what is thought to have been the crypt of the chapel are said to be visible in the cellar of 19 North Street. Documents from the 1620s refer to the chapel, but no earlier references are known.

All Hallows (or All Saints) chapel was annexed to St Martin's Church and stood on the west side of North Street and the corner of Bow Lane. <1>

Traces of the probable crypt of Allhallows chapel are visible in the cellar of No. 19, North Street. The upper part of a small lancet window can be seen in the north wall of the cellar and in the east wall is a small rectangular one-light window. A length of horizontal moulding, 3 metres long, built into the north wall at ceiling level is also visible. The present house (no.19) replaced cottages in the late 19th century. <3>

All Hallows Chapel, Wareham mentioned in 1627 and 1629, but there appears to be no earlier reference. <4-5>

<1> Hutchins, J, 1774, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 1. 1st edition, 29 (Monograph). SWX2949.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25 inch scale map, 1936 (Map). SDO18020.

Allhallows Chapel (NR) (Site of)

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 03-JUL-52 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> Mills, A D, 1977, English Place-Name Society : the survey of English place-names [county volumes] Dorset, 153 (Monograph). SWX2586.

<5> Penn, K J, 1980, Historic Towns in Dorset, 110 (Monograph). SWX1202.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 456700 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 31 2023 11:26AM