Site Event/Activity record ECH6932 - Site Visit to St Chad's Chapel, Tushingham

Site visit to photograph the Chapel building and hearse house. Both buildings are in good condition and very well maintained. The pitch line to a roof is visible on the eastern elevation. The burial ground contains numerous gravestones, the older stones are within the area of the original burial ground. They are predominantly of sandstone, though a small number are of slate. Some, especially those in slate, are eroded and fractured. Most are vertical gravestones, some with smaller stones marking the foot of the grave, but there are also examples of raised ledger monuments, chest tombs, table tombs and a possible vault to the south of the eastern end of the chapel. Of note is the raised ledger monument of JW Roe MD (a doctor from the Ellesmere and Oswestry area) dated 1916. At the eastern end is an inlaid lead motif in an Arts and Crafts style. This may be a monogram. The former boundaries to the burial ground prior to the extensions of the late nineteenth century and mid twentieth century, are visible as distinct earthworks. These banks, located to the south and east of the Chapel building, delineate a marked difference in the height of the original burial ground and the surrounding fields. The chapel is located at the top of a low ridge. The land rises to the west and falls to the east. From the eastern end of the burial ground there are dramatic views of the landscape to the north and east over Willey Moor.