saints church north west kent south east england established period chapel ease parish centred north eastern corner mainland kent adjacent island separated mainland sea formed known church site demolished early 17th century remaining ground church stood area saints church stood settled land west given 7th century saints church remained chapel ease parish early 14th century parish broken form separate parishes area served saints merged centre new parish saints chapel churches saints continued junior relationship parish making annual payments church saints originally consisted nave chancel sanctuary added building phase church extended occasions 10th 14th centuries period population growth include nave western tower northern chapel windows featured stained glass church abandoned 15th century presumably parish longer support churches demolished virtually masonry removed improvements church settlement remained area local administration 17th century regarded deserted medieval village visible remains land remained belonging parish site saints church excavated archaeologists main structure robbed materials leaving foundations archaeologists able interpret history building construction form foundations discovered numerous stone carvings floor tiles remnants stained glass disturbed graves origin place anglo saxon language means cut piece land earliest evidence human settlement dates rectangular enclosure lies little north site saints church collection objects period known found south west site 1980s occupation continued roman period structures pottery glass dating times found nearby human site history period begins division eastern western parts 7th century division attributed medieval sources route taken female deer set free run island founder double monastery marking route beginning north island sea ending south halfway miles apart land east route given monastery existence land west described broadly western island given monastery king kent division island apparent book compiled remained important feature early 15th century included prominently map island drawn according division marked bank lynch goes island commonly called lynch monastery established developed centre large estate manor parish early 9th century extremely wealthy came control canterbury 10th century church estate appear fallen royal hands king england gave christ church canterbury known anglo saxon charter recording gift shows estate included land west time slightly earlier charters complicated picture king england gave land nicholas wade year gave land means charter recording land west north evidently nonetheless regarded belonging archbishop king king mother gave lands kent including christ church documents recording transactions entered christ church archive land christ church acquired 10th century liberty shown map early 15th century site saints church included mentioned book included entry recorded right held entirely archbishop canterbury portion held tenant analysis archbishop holdings book concludes saints church community church dedicated saints established time 10th century status church mother church area dates 7th century led establishment church chapel equally development response acquisition land area christ church canterbury examination building archaeological remains failed provide precise date church stood years establishment nearby church earliest church certainly built late 11th century church original church saints rectangular building aligned east west axis measuring feet feet consisted western nave eastern chancel sanctuary added eastern end chancel phase building chancel feet long nave small taking feet building overall length connected feet long feet foundations suggest heavy structure including vaulted ceiling size community church originally built serve unknown book records presence manor included land consisted mainly land mainland kent numbers multiplied times account represent adult male heads households book manor lived expansion second phase building undertaken 10th 11th centuries church enlarged west wall demolished allowing nave extended west feet chancel opened replaced lighter chancel arch phase followed 12th century nave rebuilt larger structure north south lined columns measuring feet wide feet long tower feet square added western end church time fourth phase building carried 13th century fourth phase involved installation new windows featuring stained glass especially eastern end nave comparable glass south dates chapel added north church measuring feet wide feet long altar eastern end paved tiles inches square flemish floor tiles installed church probably 15th century expansion church coincided period growth population parish approximately doubled people late 13th century record explicitly mention saints dates community served complained archbishop canterbury vicar failed provide chaplain celebrate daily mass archbishop settled dispute concerning duty pay repairs church owed owners property archbishop canterbury established parish chapel served vicar assistant priest according document parish served time predecessor population continually increasing extent single vicar parish inadequate island separated rest kent new arrangement prompted posed distance mother church document specified vicar saints pay annually vicar sign vicar procession assistant priest year monday eighth day easter present virgin mary patron saint september visits continued century recorded parish making annual payments 19th century archbishop instructions set relative values parishes saints taxes known clerical tenths liable compared saints vicar saints named decline map drawn early 15th century shows church tower map shows churches actually appeared shows church tower examination church foundations indicates probably ruin middle 15th century demolished replaced smaller structure tower years later material construction new nave church late 15th century medieval font parish church mary virgin probably came saints church year vicar reported existence acres called close stood chapel saints antiquarian wrote church entirely demolished fences marks decline community begun decline closing adjacent channel channel preferred route sea borne trade england continental europe medieval times probably providing large early prosperity kent supporting local industry collecting salt progressively blocked tax records 15th century inhabitants included men shipping ceased end 15th century northern section adjacent merely creek middle 16th century abandonment church presumably arose cost keeping churches saints remote rural parish continued represented tax records 17th century assessed rate archaic taxes known tenths rate fixed compared rate appears records parish decline parish second smallest number households having near settlement matter historical record wrote town belonged chapel saints building recorded lewis good farm house farmhouse built late 17th century stands today considered deserted medieval village excavation site saints church recorded ordnance survey maps 19th century confirmed mid-20th century aerial photography north road site farmland owned college cambridge excavated college permission surviving main structure foundations rammed chalk nonetheless allowed construction history developed elements structure found included mortar floor tiles green sandstone stone stone stained glass stone fragments numerous carvings including small carved pieces foliage certainly twelfth century work fragments mortar showing imprint found rubble foundation trenches indicating stone structure shoreline number graves discovered covered unmarked stone robbed filled rubble containing fragments human bone graves dug demolition church construction smaller short lived replacement 15th century virtually building structure robbed presumably use remained destroyed
All Saints' Church, Shuart