Coordinates: 52°20′34″N 1°00′22″E / 52.34284°N 1.00622°E / 52.34284; 1.00622

St Botolph's Chapel, Botesdale

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St Botolph's Chapel, Botesdale
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52°20′34″N 1°00′22″E / 52.34284°N 1.00622°E / 52.34284; 1.00622
OS grid referenceTM 04877 75890
LocationChapel Lane, Botesdale, Suffolk, IP22 1RG
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
ChurchmanshipCentral Anglican
Websitewww.stmarysrickinghallinferior.onesuffolk.net
History
StatusParish church
FoundedCirca 14th Century
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade II*
Designated29 July 1955
Architectural typeChapel of ease
Administration
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseSt Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Clergy
Priest in chargeChristopher Norburn

St Botolph's Chapel is located in Botesdale, Suffolk. Built as a chapel of ease for the parish church of St Mary's Church, Redgrave, it now serves as the parish church, since St Mary's was declared redundant in 2004.[1] It is a Grade II* listed building.[2]

The earliest reference to the chapel was in a court roll in 1338, but in c. 1470 the chapel was converted to a chantry using land and property left by John Sheriffe.[3]

In 1547 the chapel passed to the Crown following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and in 1576 the chapel building was converted to use as a grammar school founded by Sir Nicholas Bacon. It closed as a school in 1878, reverting to use as a chapel of ease in 1883.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b "St Botolph's Chapel, Botesdale". Suffolk Churches. Simon Knott. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Chapel of St. Botolph". Historic England. Historic England. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  3. ^ "BOTESDALE, Chapel of St. Botolph (TM 049 759)". English Church Architecture. C. P. Canfield. Retrieved 4 June 2020.


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