Scheduled MonumentsEnglandGuyzance (or Brainshaugh) Chapel near Acklington

Guyzance (or Brainshaugh) Chapel near Acklington

England
List entry 1006579
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006579
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
NU 20831 03132
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Guyzance Chapel is a medieval religious building located near Acklington in Northumberland. The chapel dates to the medieval period and represents a small place of worship serving the local community in this rural part of northern England. The structure survives as a modest stone building, characteristic of many minor chapels established across Northumberland during the Middle Ages. The site remains of archaeological and historical interest as evidence of medieval settlement patterns and religious provision in the region.

Guyzance (or Brainshaugh) Chapel near Acklington is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006579. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Guyzance (or Brainshaugh) Chapel near Acklington?

Guyzance Chapel is a medieval religious building located near Acklington in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006579.

Who is responsible for protecting Guyzance (or Brainshaugh) Chapel near Acklington?

Guyzance (or Brainshaugh) Chapel near Acklington 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 1006579.

What other scheduled monuments are near Guyzance (or Brainshaugh) Chapel near Acklington?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cup and ring marked rock 430m north of Morwick Hall (2.8 km), Felton Old Bridge (3.7 km), Warkworth Castle hermitage (4.3 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Target Zones
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Guyzance (or Brainshaugh) Chapel near Acklington

Guyzance (or Brainshaugh) Chapel near Acklington stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Guyzance (or Brainshaugh) Chapel near Acklington

Battle of Homildon Hill 1402Battle (1402) · ~21.7 milesBattle of Newburn Ford 1640Battle (1640) · ~24.3 miles