Romanby

INFORMATION

FontID: 17808ROM
Church/Chapel: Old Chapel [destroyed in 1523]
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located just SW of Northallerton
Century and Period: , Medieval
Church Notes: there are two churches in Romanby now, both modern: one CofE, one Methodist
The Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 1, 1914) notes: "There was a chapel at Romanby as early as 1231. In that year a grant was made to John de Romanby, his heirs, and the men of the vill of Romanby of a perpetual chantry [...] They were to maintain the chaplain [...] and they, the chaplain and his successors were to swear obedience to the mother church and its rectors. [...] This chapel occurs as a dependent chapel to Northallerton in 1386. [...] In 1523 Cardinal Wolsey ordered the destruction of Romanby chapel in consequence of the incumbent of Northallerton having questioned his authority, and this order was subsequently carried out. [...] The church of St. James, Romanby, was built in 1882 [...] In the churchyard are some architectural fragments apparently of 14th-century date." [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval chapel].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 601186 6021221

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-12-22 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.