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Chapel of St Mary Magdalene is a medieval chapel located in Durham, England, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under NHLE list entry 1002338. The chapel dates to the medieval period and represents an important element of Durham's religious infrastructure during the Middle Ages. The structure demonstrates the architectural character typical of small medieval chapels serving the local community or a specific institutional purpose within the wider ecclesiastical landscape of medieval Durham.
Chapel of St Mary Magdalene is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002338. View the official record →
Chapel of St Mary Magdalene is a medieval chapel located in Durham, England, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under NHLE list entry 1002338.
Chapel of St Mary Magdalene is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1002338.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Elvet Bridge (0.9 km), Framwellgate Bridge (1.1 km), Maiden Castle promontory fort (1.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Chapel of St Mary Magdalene's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Chapel of St Mary Magdalene stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.