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Chapel of St Thomas the Martyr
In this part of our ’former glories’ series on occupied the area of the present road.
the many buildings across Ludlow which This suggests the present street line of
were once places of worship, Nick features Dinham is of a later date than when the
one of the oldest such buildings. chapel - possibly Ludlow's original parish
church - was abandoned owing to the
Now known as Chapel House, Dinham rapid growth of the town in the 12th
the chapel was dedicated circa 1190 to and 13th centuries. It is possible,
Thomas à Becket, the former however, that the building was never
Archbishop of Canterbury murdered on completed, and that the nave walls were
the order of King Henry not raised above the
II. It is built of Whitcliffe footings uncovered by the
stone and was the 1973 dig.
property of the de Lacy There are documentary
family, who held it until references to repair
1240. It then changed works having been carried
hands six times with the out in 1519 and 1556,
lordship of Ludlow up to although it was not
1459 when it came into subsequently documented
the ownership of Edward as a chapel. There was
IV as the Earl of March. said to be a graveyard
On assuming the throne associated with the chapel
in 1461, he transferred it as late as the 17th
to the corporation of century.
Ludlow. Chapel House, Dinham
During its most recent restoration in The chapel is shown as an unroofed
1973-4, a small excavation was carried shell in Vogelsanck and Leus’s panorama
out at the western end of the structure of Ludlow dated 1722. It was converted
and uncovered what are thought to have not long afterward from its ruinous
been the footings of the nave. These state into a private dwelling, as the
walls projected beyond each side of the majority of the present building is
surviving chancel and sanctuary, were of dateable to the 18th century.
cut and laid stone and would have Nick Ford
FAIRTRADE VIRTUAL BIG BREW
Ludlow Fairtrade Town Group’s enough to fund solar panels for
first ever virtual event was a a smallholder farmer! Not bad
huge success. We raised £105, at all for an evening of tea and
which will be doubled by the cake!
UK government to £210, A huge thank you to all who
(£236.25 with Gift Aid) and attended.
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