Site Event/Activity record ECC1860 - Documentary record for house of Crutched Friars, Colchester, 1251

Location

Location Crouch Street, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99093 24950 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Unknown

Date

1251

Map

Description

The house of the Crutched Friars, on the south side of Crouch Street just west of its junction with Maldon Road, originated in the 12th century or the early 13th as a hospital and chapel founded by the lords of Stanway in a detached part of that parish. It was first recorded in 1251.<1>

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Serial: H.M.S.O.. 1891-1982. Calendar of the Patent Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O.). Cal. Pat. 1247-58.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Church of the Crouched or Crutched Friars, Crouch Street, Colchester (Monument)

Record last edited

Feb 9 2016 1:11PM

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