TR 23 NW 98 - Site of Chapel of St Botolph (St Bartholomew's), Folkestone

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Monument record TR 23 NW 98 - Site of Chapel of St Botolph (St Bartholomew's), Folkestone

Summary

Probable site of the Chapel of St Botolph (St. Bartholomew's). Building excavtions revealed a number of Roman building fragments, a villa complex, along with a rectangular building with a sunken room, and saxon burials in the walls and outisde. It seems that the building originally was a mausoleum whih was later converted into a chapel. Whether this was in the Saxon period or later Roman period is unclear. The saxon burials dated from the 7th - 8th centuries.

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Grid reference	TR 2354 3667 (point) Approximate
Map sheet	TR23NW
Civil Parish	FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT
County	KENT
District	FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT

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<1> Jenkins, R. C., 1876, On a Roman Hypocaust Discovered at Folkestone A.D. 1875, Arch Cant 10 1876 173 (R C Jenkins) (Article in serial). SKE8044.

<2> Arch Cant 29 1911 236 (A Hussey) (OS Card Reference). SKE34945.

<2> Hussey, A., 1911, Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 29. Chapels in Kent, Arch Cant 29 1911 236 (A Hussey) (Article in serial). SKE8032.

<3> Rigold, S. E., 1973, Roman Folkestone Reconsidered, Arch Cant 87 1972 32 (S E Rigold) (Article in serial). SKE8045.

<4> Folkestone 1883 27 (S J Mackie) (OS Card Reference). SKE43427.

<5> Southern Water Services, 1993, Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement (Unpublished document). SKE6815.

<6> Hasted, E, 1798, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent Volume 8, Page 172 (Monograph). SKE7940.

<7> Page, W. (ed), 1932, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Kent Volume III, pages 114 - 115 (Monograph). SKE7810.

<8> Folkestone Herald, 1952, Six skeletons unearthed by workmen: may fix the site of lost St Botolph's Church (Newspaper). SKE53518.

Sources/Archives (9)

<1> SKE8044 Article in serial: Jenkins, R. C.. 1876. On a Roman Hypocaust Discovered at Folkestone A.D. 1875. X pages 173 - 177. Arch Cant 10 1876 173 (R C Jenkins).
<2>XY SKE34945 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 29 1911 236 (A Hussey). [Mapped feature: #45506 Church, ]
<2> SKE8032 Article in serial: Hussey, A.. 1911. Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 29. Chapels in Kent. XXIX p217 - 258. Arch Cant 29 1911 236 (A Hussey).
<3> SKE8045 Article in serial: Rigold, S. E.. 1973. Roman Folkestone Reconsidered. LXXXVII pages 31 - 41. Arch Cant 87 1972 32 (S E Rigold).
<4> SKE43427 OS Card Reference: Folkestone 1883 27 (S J Mackie).
<5> SKE6815 Unpublished document: Southern Water Services. 1993. Dover & Folkestone Wastewater Treatment scheme Environmental Statement.
<6> SKE7940 Monograph: Hasted, E. 1798. The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent Volume 8. Page 172.
<7> SKE7810 Monograph: Page, W. (ed). 1932. The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Kent Volume III. pages 114 - 115.
<8> SKE53518 Newspaper: Folkestone Herald. 1952. Six skeletons unearthed by workmen: may fix the site of lost St Botolph's Church.