Hampole / Hanepole / Honepol

INFORMATION

FontID: 21868HAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Priory Church [disappeared]
Church Location: [disappeared] [site of the disappeared priory believed to be in the village green]
Country Name: England
Location: South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A638, about 10 km NNW of Doncaster
Historical Region: Hundred fo Strafforth -- formerly WRYrks
Date: ca. 1170?
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Late Norman
Font Notes:
There is an entry for Hampole [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SE5010/hampole/] [accessed 8 November 2018] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (York, vol. 3, 1974) notes: "The priory of Hampole, of Hanepole, was founded about 1170". The entry for this priory in Historic England [http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=56150] [accessed 8 November 2018] informs: "A priory of Cistercian nuns was founded at Hampole c.1170 and dissolved in 1539 [...] There are no visible remains of the buildings, but two arches, some walls and steps, were exposed in 1925 under the outbuildings behind the house adjoining the school. Excavation by Prof. Whiting in 1937 in the long narrow field between the modern Priory grounds and Hampole Beck to the north, revealed extensive walling, apparently the eastern end of the conventual enclosure, and it was evident that the greater part of the priory lay under the village green. The convent was endowed about 1150 as a Benedictine house."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 616682 5939129

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2018-11-08 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.