TR 15 NW 16 - St Mary's Church, Chartham - Historic Environment Record

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Listed Building record TR 15 NW 16 - St Mary's Church, Chartham

Summary

St Mary's Church Grade I listed building. Main construction periods 1200 to 1875. The foundations of the medieval structure of St Mary the Virgin Church close to west end of the church. Consisting of compacted rammed chalk and gravel measuring 1.0m wide. It was set on an east-west axis parallel to the north wall of the existing nave but 0.20m north of it. Immediately north of the foundation there were a series of children's graves orientated east-west and of a medieval date. The southern sides of these graves respected the line of the foundations, therefore the previous structure. It would appear that these remains represent the north-west corner of the nave of the medieval church which, at that time would most likely have been a small two-celled structure consisting af an aisleless nave and a small chancel perhaps measuring 18.50m in length and in width. A further portion of foundations was observed which seemed to be later than the above, however did not correlate with the later rebuild of c1294. It would seem that this structure was an extention to the church, creating a larger nave or additional cells, creating a new west end. This could also have included a square bell tower.

Location

Grid reference	TR 1068 5507 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TR15NW
County	KENT
District	CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish	CHARTHAM, CANTERBURY, KENT

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<1> OS 6" 1962 (OS Card Reference). SKE48371.

<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2001, An Archaeological Watching Brief at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Chartham, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE8357.

<2> MHLG 1953/11/A Dec 1960 20 (OS Card Reference). SKE47079.

<3> F1 ASP 02.02.65 (OS Card Reference). SKE41881.

<4> DOE (HHR) Dist of City of Canterbury Kent Mar 1980 66 (OS Card Reference). SKE40222.

<5> BOE NE & E Kent 1983 266-267 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38216.

<6> Arch J 126 1969 265-6 (SF Rigold) (OS Card Reference). SKE36565.

<7> Arch J 86 1929 306-7 (Clapham) (OS Card Reference). SKE36719.

<8> JBAA 20 1914 219-220 (OS Card Reference). SKE44905.

<9> Diocese of Canterbury (Tim Tatton-Brown), 1991, Church Survey - St Mary's Church, Chartham. (Unpublished document). SKE7611.

<10> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2001, An Archaeological Watching Brief at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Chartham, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE8357.

<11> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2011, St Mary’s Church, Chartham, Canterbury, Kent: Archaeological watching and recording brief (Unpublished document). SKE51836.

<12> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources/Archives (13)

<1> SKE48371 OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1962.
<1> SKE8357 Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2001. An Archaeological Watching Brief at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Chartham, Kent.
<2> SKE47079 OS Card Reference: MHLG 1953/11/A Dec 1960 20.
<3> SKE41881 OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 02.02.65.
<4> SKE40222 OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist of City of Canterbury Kent Mar 1980 66.
<5> SKE38216 OS Card Reference: BOE NE & E Kent 1983 266-267 (J Newman).
<6> SKE36565 OS Card Reference: Arch J 126 1969 265-6 (SF Rigold).
<7> SKE36719 OS Card Reference: Arch J 86 1929 306-7 (Clapham).
<8> SKE44905 OS Card Reference: JBAA 20 1914 219-220.
<9> SKE7611 Unpublished document: Diocese of Canterbury (Tim Tatton-Brown). 1991. Church Survey - St Mary's Church, Chartham..
<10> SKE8357 Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2001. An Archaeological Watching Brief at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Chartham, Kent.
<11> SKE51836 Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2011. St Mary’s Church, Chartham, Canterbury, Kent: Archaeological watching and recording brief.
<12>XY SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #43612 Church, ]

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Listed Building (I) 1100352: CHURCH OF ST MARY

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Related Events/Activities (4)

Intrusive Event: Archaeological watching and recording brief at St Mary’s Church, Chartham, Canterbury, Kent (Ref: CC-WB-10) (EKE17402)
Intrusive Event: Excavation, St Mary's church, Chartham, 1991 (EKE21094)
Non-Intrusive Event: survey of St Mary's Church, Chartham (EKE5685)
Intrusive Event: Watching Brief at St Mary the Virgin Church, Chartham (Ref: Site Code: StMMC-01) (EKE6074)

Record last edited

Jan 19 2022 5:37PM