Rocester No. 1 / Rouecestre / Rowcestre / Rowecestre

INFORMATION

FontID: 22231ROC
Church/Chapel: Augustinian Abbey Church of St. Mary [disappeared]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: approximate address for the site: High St, Rocester, Uttoxeter ST14 5JU, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Staffordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: The site of the disappeared abbey, known as Abbey Fields, is located off (E) the B5030, about 7 km NNE of Uttoxeter, near the county border with Derbyshire
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Lichfield]
Historical Region: Hundred of Totmonslow
There are two entries for Rocester [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK1039/rocester/] [accessed 10 July 2019] neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. The entry for this Augustinian abbey in the Victoria County History (Stafford, vol. 3, 1970) notes: "The abbey of St. Mary at Rocester in Dovedale was founded at some time between 1141 and 1146 by Richard Bacon, a nephew of Ranulph, Earl of Chester. [...] The spiritual possessions of the abbey consisted of the site of the monastic church with all its rights and appurtenances; the separate parish church of St. Michael [...] in September [1538] Abbot Grafton and eight other canons surrendered the monastery with all its possessions to the Crown. [...] There are no remains of the abbey above ground, but the site evidently lies on the south side of the present churchyard."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.951243, -1.835296
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 57′ 4.48″ N, 1° 50′ 7.07″ W
UTM: 30U 578250 5867482

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-07-10 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.