Listed Building
Chapel of the Hospital of St 22.11.67 John the Baptist GV II* Chapel or hospital, founded by William de Colville (d.1230); C13, rebuilt early C14, and restored by Ministry of Works 1947-54.
The chapel was founded in 1200 as a small hospital run by a prior and monks. It was positioned by a bridge on a major route of the Icknield Way. It was rebuilt in the 14th century as a chapel and was in use until the Dissolution. The last prior was Leonard Cotton who received a pension of 30s when all such monastic foundations were suppressed in 1547. When visited in 1849 it was in use as an agricultural barn.
W M Palmer (1924) explains that the bridge here was once at the border of East Anglia and Mercia. He also adds that a hermit used to live at the chapel whose role was to help travellers to cross the ford. The vicar of Hinxton used to take a service at the chapel once a year and the hermit had to provide him with a suitable dinner.
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