Chapel of St. Cuthbert
Chapel of St. Cuthbert
HER Number
349
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Chapel of St. Cuthbert
Place
Offerton
Map Sheet
NZ35NW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Chapel
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The inclusion of this chapel, and the associated well (HER no. 350), on the HER depends solely on a single reference in an "antient deed" in the possession of the 19th century antiquarian John Hodgson, and cited by him in a footnote. "An antient deed...by which William Basset conveyed to John de Staindrop, called the Coroner, a messuage and lands in Offerton, in the county of Durham, mentions 'the chapel of the blessed Cuthbert in Vfferton', and 'the well of St. Cuthbert' in that village". There is no trace on the ground and no local tradition for the chapel.
Easting
434472
Northing
555399
Grid Reference
NZ434472555399
Sources
<< HER 349 >> J. Hodgson, 1832, History of Northumberland, Part II, Vol. II, p. 132;
Revd. P.B.G. Binnall & M.H. Dodds, 1947, Holy Wells in Northumberland and Durham, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, X (for 1942-46), p. 84;
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, ISS, 1978, Possible Med. Holy Well and chapel
Revd. P.B.G. Binnall & M.H. Dodds, 1947, Holy Wells in Northumberland and Durham, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, X (for 1942-46), p. 84;
Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, ISS, 1978, Possible Med. Holy Well and chapel