TQ 65 NW 15 - Chapel (site of) at Comp - Historic Environment Record

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Monument record TQ 65 NW 15 - Chapel (site of) at Comp

Summary

Hasted mentioned ruins of an ancient building at Comp. It was supposed to have been the chapel-at-ease to the church at Leybourne. An article in Arch. Cant at the beginning of the 20th century described it as the chapel for the hamlets of Great and Little Compe. The building has long since been demolished and there are no signs to indicate a chapel site. There are no items of rubble or stone fragments. No foundations have been unearthed during ploughing.

Location

Grid reference	TQ 6392 5694 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TQ65NW
County	KENT
District	TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish	OFFHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

CHAPEL (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Full Description

[TQ 63925695] Chapel [NR] (Site of) (1) At a place called Comp are the ruins of an ancient building, supposed to have been a chapel-of-ease to the church of Leybourne. (2) A chapel for the hamlets of Great and Little Compe. (3) ..... long since demolished. (4) The site lies in the corner of a field, at present freshly ploughed and giving no indication of the former existence of a chapel here, in the way of rubble or stone fragments: the farmer has never struck foundations when ploughing. (5)

<1> OS 6" 1937 (OS Card Reference). SKE48346.

<2> Hist of Kent 4 1798 507 (Hasted) (OS Card Reference). SKE43974.

<3> Arch Cant 29 1911 241 (Hussey) (OS Card Reference). SKE34949.

<4> Hist of Kent 2 1782 240 (Hasted) (OS Card Reference). SKE43948.

<5> Oral: Mr.Pierce, Little Comp (OS Card Reference). SKE48077.

<6> F1 ASP 18-JUN-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42166.

<7> Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 15 - June, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3350.

Sources/Archives (7)

<1> SKE48346 OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1937.
<2> SKE43974 OS Card Reference: Hist of Kent 4 1798 507 (Hasted).
<3> SKE34949 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 29 1911 241 (Hussey).
<4>XY SKE43948 OS Card Reference: Hist of Kent 2 1782 240 (Hasted). [Mapped feature: #12646 site of chapel, ]
<5> SKE48077 OS Card Reference: Oral: Mr.Pierce, Little Comp.
<6> SKE42166 OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 18-JUN-59.
<7> SKE3350 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 15 - June, 1959.