Monument record MCC7833 - St Runwald's Church, Colchester
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TL 9962 2522 (point) |
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Map sheet | TL92NE |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Full Description
Stood in the middle of the High Street and was demolished in 1875. Extant in 1296 (according to Morant) and repaired 1760 (according to Cromwell). <1> - <5> Late Anglo-Saxon origin according to Rodwell (see 12256). In the late medieval period the church was extended by the addition of a N chancel-aisle and vestry, and a range of shops became attached to its east end. Known as `Middle Row'. These most probably represented replacements of market stalls. They were demolished a few years before the church (1878). The graveyard was detached (see ). After demolition materials were dispersed to several locations; the C15 N arcade was re-erected at St Allbrights, Stanway (see ). <6>
Site Assessment = Rodwell suggests the church was a later Anglo-Saxon addition to an already existing market place. <6> Crummy suggests the opposite, that the position of the church can be explained by street wideingin to form a market place around it. <7>
Sources/Archives (7)
- <1> SEX9511 DESC TEXT: Priddy, DA. unknown. SMR.
- <2> SEX27558 DESC TEXT: Morant, P. 1748. History of Colchester. Vol 2, p9.
- <3> SEX35552 DESC TEXT: Cromwell, T. 1825. History of Colchester. Vol 1, p200.
- <4> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. unknown. OS cards. TL92NE3.5, 1976.
- <5> SEX35554 DESC TEXT: Benham, G. 1936. Colchester. p123.
- <6> SEX148 Monograph: Rodwell, Warwick J with Rodwell, KA. 1977. Historic Churches - A Wasting Asset. pp33-34.
- <7> SEX35535 DESC TEXT: Crummy, P. 1981. Aspects of Anglo-Saxon and Norman Colchester (Colchester Archaeological report 1). No 39, p46-50,53,61,69,71,73-4.
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Record last edited
Nov 3 2015 11:41AM