Monument record MCC7782 - Area of St Marys Ward

Summary

?Site of St Katherines Hospital (f.

Location

Grid reference TL 98 23 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

?Site of St Katherines Hospital (f. 1352). Nothing known of it or date of dissolution. Almshouses. Almshouses converted into a C18 workhouse in Crouch Street on the N side of London Road were called St Catherines Hospital or The Spittle in old writings (Morant). <1> <2>

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> DESC TEXT: unknown. 1960 0nwards. SMR form unknown.
  • <2> DESC TEXT: Morant, P. 1768. History of Essex. pp170-171.
  • <3> RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. unknown. OS cards. TL92SE51, 1976.
  • <4> DESC TEXT: Knowles, D and Hadcock, RN. 1971. Medieval Religious Houses. p318, 353.
  • <5> DESC TEXT: Clay?, M. 1909. Medieval Hospitals of England. p290.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Nov 3 2015 11:41AM

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