Site of medieval chapel, St John in the court of the Knights Hospitallers, Friar's Farm (EHER 1536)

A chapel of St John in the court of the Knights Hospitallers, now Friar's Farm, is mentioned in a fine of 1233. The foundations were still to be seen when Morant wrote. Local tradition asserts that the chapel stood in the field known as 'Chapel Field'. Nothing is visible in the field.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Friar's Farm (NAT). <1> A chapel of St John in the court of the Knights Hospitallers (sic), now Friar's Farm, is mentioned in a fine of 1233. The foundations were still to be seen when Morant wrote. <2> <3> The Knights Hospitaller held this property from the mid 13th century until the dissolution. <4> April 1975. Field survey. Local tradition asserts that the chapel stood in the field centred TL 611 336 known as 'Chapel Field'; level and under plough, no building debris can be seen. The owner of Friars Farm is aware of the chapel's existence, but has found no trace of foundations in the vicinity of the house and outbuildings, and no 're-used' stone is apparent in the buildings. The field is named 'Wheat Chapel Field' on Tithe Map of 1839. <5> Nothing visible on air photographs. <6> See also: <7>