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Church of St Lawrence (Berwick upon Tweed)

[NT 98785397] St Lawrence's Church [LB]
(site of) [TI]. (1)

The Chartulary of Kelso (1128-1158) mentions that Roger Fitz William, probably the founder, gave the Church of St Lawrence to the monks of Kelso. When Cheviot House, in Castle Terrace, was built, the foundations of a church, 90 feet in length, with a 25 feet square tower at the west-end, were found together with several graves. (2)

No visible remains. (3)

Parish church of Bondington. No record of it after 1300. For graveyard see HER 23350. (4)(5)

Summary and discussion of evidence relating to St Lawrence and its location at Cheviot House or No. 21 Castle Terrace. (6)
N2429
Early Medieval (410 to 1066)
Medieval (1066 to 1540)
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1967; D Smith
EVALUATION, 21 Castle Terrace, Berwick-upon-Tweed 1998; THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRACTICE
EVALUATION, 48 Castle Terrace, Berwick-upon-Tweed 2014; CFA Archaeology Ltd
WATCHING BRIEF, Plot 27, West Hope, Berwick upon Tweed ; AOC Archaeology Group
WATCHING BRIEF, Cheviot House, Castle Terrace, Berwick-upon-Tweed


Source of Reference
Local History of Berwick upon Tweed

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