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Description: | The thatched chapel of St Mary at Holbeach Hurn, which is mentioned in 1534, was suppressed by Edward VI and sold about 1550. A Terrier of 1653 refers to the late Hurn Chapel. The site was 'hard by' Grassland Stow, where Hurn Cross stood. A supposed Roman pot which was dug up in 1828 on the site of the cross, is probably medieval. Present whereabouts not known.{1}{2}{3}{4} In 1828 a curious Roman pitcher was dug up at Holbeach Hurn on the spot formerly occupied by a cross. This pitcher is now in the possession of the Boston Literary Institution...' (now vanished).{5} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1066 - 1539 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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