Monument record 453/1 - Possible medieval chapel site at Spital Bridge

The name Spital Bridge (RN:454/1/1) may suggest the presence of a hospital, oratory or similar chapel on or near the bridge (1).However in 1588 the tithes of Woolston, Poulton & other parishes were given to a hospital at Warwick, founded in 1585 (1).The name of the bridge may therefore derive from the Warwick hospital & not from a local foundation(2).

<1> Bailey, JE (ed), 1881-4, The Palatine Note Book, 1/119 1881 (Book). SCH3224.

<2> Beamont W, 1887, Walks about Warrington, /34-35 (Book). SCH3666.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ68NW56./1960 (Index). SCH2487.