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North Lees Chapel

England
List entry 1020172
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020172
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SK 23337 83552
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

North Lees Chapel is a medieval chapel of stone construction located in Derbyshire, England. The building dates to the medieval period and represents a small rural place of worship, characteristic of chapels built to serve dispersed communities in upland areas. The chapel survives as a substantial stone structure that retains evidence of its original architectural form and liturgical arrangement. Its designation as a scheduled monument reflects its historical importance as a surviving example of medieval religious architecture in the region.

North Lees Chapel is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020172. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is North Lees Chapel?

North Lees Chapel is a medieval chapel of stone construction located in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020172.

Who is responsible for protecting North Lees Chapel?

North Lees Chapel 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 1020172.

What other scheduled monuments are near North Lees Chapel?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including White Rake long barrow and bowl barrow (9.5 km), Newburgh Level at Red Rake Mine (9.5 km), Cross ridge dyke, 800m east of Bleaklow (10 km).

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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.
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

White Rake long barrow and bowl barrow
9.5 km
Newburgh Level at Red Rake Mine
9.5 km
Cross ridge dyke, 800m east of Bleaklow
10 km
Ring cairn and cairnfield on Eaglestone Flat, 270m east of Eagle Stone
10.2 km
Cairnfield and field system on Eaglestone Flat, 100m south west of Eagle Stone
10.2 km
Cackle Mackle and Stadford Hollow lead mines on Longstone Moor
10.4 km
Lead mill on north bank of Bar Brook, 80m east of confluence with Sandyford Brook
10.4 km
Bowl barrow on Longstone Moor
10.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under North Lees Chapel

North Lees Chapel stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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