Braintree Bishops Palace

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Chapel Hill; Parsonage Farm

In the civil parish of Braintree.
In the historic county of Essex (Modern Authority of Essex, 1974 county of Essex).

The manorial centre, an episcopal palace (Bishop of London) and grange, was a mile to the south- east of the present town centre at what is now chapel hill, where traces of both palace and chapel were known until the last century, but are now lost beneath factories and warehouses.

This site has been described as a;
Palace.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Earthworks remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TL76702287

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

Air Photo from

1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 378942

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 6409, 6410

Books

Eddy, M.R. and Petchey, M.R. (eds), 1983, Historic Towns in Essex: An Archaeological Survey p23
Bassett, S.R. and Drury, P.J., 1976, in Drury, P.J. (ed), Braintree:Excavations and Research, 1971-76 p134-5
Morant, P., 1768, History of Essex Vol2 p400

Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)

Cal. Close Rolls p386

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