Site of medieval chantry chapel, Chapel of St George the Martyr (EHER 18655)

Mentioned in a Papal letter of 1456. The site is also documented in a chantry certificate as in Dunmow Street, about half a mile from the church.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: The Chapel of St George the Martyr was erected by 1456, when Pope Calixtus III granted an indulgence to the parishioners who had built and furnished it, to institute in it one or more priests to celebrate services 'whenever the weather was rough'. It was closed by the Reformation in 1541 and rented out by Dunmow Corporation to private individuals. In 1899 the demolition of two small cottages in the infilled market revealed the chapel, which was sited immediately behind the frontage dwellings. The remnants of this structure are still located behind the White Horse Public House. It was jettied on three sides (south, east, and west) with a crown post roof, and is thought to be 14th century in date. <1> In 1456 Pope Calixtus III granted an indult to the parishioners of Dunmow who had built a chapel of St George the Martyr. The chapel was in Dunmow Street, 1/2 mile from the parish church and in the centre of the town. <2> July 1975. Field survey. No trace and no local knowledge of this chapel. <3>