Steetley Chapel.
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 746155.6
Summary
Postcard - Steetley Chapel. Printed on the back in green ink in the middle top 'POST CARD' underneath to the right 'The address only to be written here' and on the left 'This space may now be used for Communication'. The Church is a Norman example built by one of the Le Britons around 1150 - 1160, who was married to Robert le Vavasour Lord of Steetley and Denaby, near Mexbro'. Anker Freshville in 1391 died amongst his property showed a bovate of land at Steetley with the Church that he held for services to John le Vavasour. The property continued long in the family of Freshville, some of whom resided at the hall near the Chapel, now used as a farm-house. From that family it passed into the hands of Sir Thomas Wentworth, and from his representatives to the Earls of Shrewsbury and the noble house of Howard, with whom it remained till, together with the Worksop Manor Estate, it was sold to the Duke of Newcastle. It consists of a nave and chancel, terminating in an apse, the whole being 56 feet long, divided from each other by an arch. The apse, which is semi-circular, is separated from the remainder by a second arch.
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed to The National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.