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Latitude: 52.8062 / 52°48'22"N
Longitude: -2.1186 / 2°7'7"W
OS Eastings: 392100
OS Northings: 323185
OS Grid: SJ921231
Mapcode National: GBR 16X.55V
Mapcode Global: WHBDT.FQCL
Plus Code: 9C4VRV4J+FH
Entry Name: Foundations of St Bertelin's Chapel Immediately West of Church of St Mary
Listing Date: 17 December 1971
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1195366
English Heritage Legacy ID: 384036
ID on this website: 101195366
Location: St Mary's Church, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST16
County: Staffordshire
District: Stafford
Electoral Ward/Division: Forebridge
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Stafford
Traditional County: Staffordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire
Church of England Parish: Stafford St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Lichfield
Tagged with: Chapel
STAFFORD
SJ9223SW ST MARY'S GATE
590-1/10/85 (West side)
17/12/71 Foundations of St Bertelin's Chapel
immediately west of Church of St
Mary
GV II
Foundations of shrine chapel. C11 with much later Medieval
rebuilding; demolished 1801; excavated 1954. Ground plan laid
out in dressed stone indicating small nave and narrower
chancel; former entrance to church of St Mary blocked To the
centre a replica of a ?cross found during excavation of an
earlier wooden structure on the site. St Bertelin was an C8
hermit, claimed as the founder of Stafford, whose shrine was a
place of pilgrimage throughout the Middle Ages.
(Victoria County History of Staffordshire: Greenslade MW: A
History of Stafford (taken from VCH): London: 1979-: 238,
241-2; Fisher MJ M.A. Rev: A Guide to St Mary's: Stafford: 17,
20).
Listing NGR: SJ9209823184
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