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Site of the Saxon church of Dadesley, 670m south west of Dadsley Wells Farm

England
List entry 1016947
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016947
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.55 hectares
Grid reference
SK 58303 94031
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The site of the Saxon church of Dadesley is a scheduled ancient monument located near Dadsley Wells Farm in Yorkshire. The monument represents the remains of a place of worship dating to the Saxon period, when Christianity was becoming established across Anglo-Saxon England. The church site survives as earthworks and archaeological deposits that preserve evidence of early medieval religious activity in the region. Its survival as a scheduled monument reflects the importance of understanding the distribution and character of early Saxon ecclesiastical sites across northern England.

Site of the Saxon church of Dadesley, 670m south west of Dadsley Wells Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016947. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Site of the Saxon church of Dadesley, 670m south west of Dadsley Wells Farm?

The site of the Saxon church of Dadesley is a scheduled ancient monument located near Dadsley Wells Farm in Yorkshire.

Who is responsible for protecting Site of the Saxon church of Dadesley, 670m south west of Dadsley Wells Farm?

Site of the Saxon church of Dadesley, 670m south west of Dadsley Wells Farm 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 1016947.

What other scheduled monuments are near Site of the Saxon church of Dadesley, 670m south west of Dadsley Wells Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tickhill Castle (1.6 km), Stancil Roman villa (3.2 km), Manor Holt moated site (4.6 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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Tickhill Castle
1.6 km
Stancil Roman villa
3.2 km
Manor Holt moated site
4.6 km
Moat Hall moated site and site of external ancillary buildings, Braithwell
4.8 km
Standing cross at the junction of Holywell Lane with High Street, Maltby Lane and Ashton Lane
5.2 km
Roman villa at Oldcoates
5.5 km
Roche Abbey Cistercian monastery, including monastic precinct, gatehouse and 18th century landscape garden
5.8 km
Dovecote 70m south west of South Farm
7.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Site of the Saxon church of Dadesley, 670m south west of Dadsley Wells Farm

Site of the Saxon church of Dadesley, 670m south west of Dadsley Wells Farm stands on Permian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

Domesday entry for Dadsley, Yorkshire →
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