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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OUR LADY'S CHAPEL (Remains of) | Our Lady's Chapel (Remains of) | Revd. [Reverend] Mr Weddel [Mr.?] Fairburn |
025 | [Situation] About 5/8 Mile S. W. [South West] by W. [West] from Stow A fragment of stone wall in the demesne of Torsonce about 25 links long and 5 ft [feet] high, it is Pointed out as being the remains of a Roman Catholic Chapel. |
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[Page] 30 Parish of Stow.[Note] Ext: [Extract] from Stat: [Statistical] Account of Stow.
"The history of this district as a place of importance is carried so far back as "the days of King Arthur in the early part of the Sixth century. We are told that "fragments of the Real Cross brought from the Holy Land by that Monarch were preserved "with great veneration in the Virgin Mary's Chapel of Wedale. [Nennius?] or his interpolator "Samuel Pledges himself Says Turner that the fragments of the cross brought by Arthur "were Kept in Wedale six miles from Mailros. St. Marys Church referred to was "Situate fully half a mile below the present church immediately under the Public road
"where on the estate of Torsonce a Part of one of the walls three feet thick may Still "be Seen built in with a common drystone diKe. A little above it is a very fine perennial "Spring Known by the name of the Lady's Well and a huge stone recently removed in forming "the new road but now broKen to pieces used to be Pointed out as imPressed with the "print of the Virgin Mary's foot on occasion of one of her [decents?] to visit this favoured Sanctuary."
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