Site Event/Activity record ENT8523 - Watching Brief at St Katherine's Church, Teversal

Location

Location St Katherine's Church, Teversal, Nottinghamshire
Grid reference Centred SK 48326 61891 (20m by 17m)
Map sheet SK46SE
District Ashfield
Civil Parish Teversal, Ashfield

Technique(s)

Organisation

Tony Sumpter Archaeological Consultancy

Date

From: 02 Oct 2006

To: 04 Oct 2006

Map

Description

A watching brief was undertaken on the installation of a tea-point and toilet in the west end of the church, with drainage to a septic tank under the footpath to the south door. The evidence suggested that the four burials were Christian and most lilely to have been interred in the 1830's. The entrance gate from the adjacent lane is towards the south-west angle of the churchyard. Surface topography implied a former footpath leading northward, as would be expected had the original main door been at the west end of the church. Re-positioning the door on the south side may have been accomodated by another path leading off at right-angles. Speculatively, worshippers may have taken a short-cut diagonally through the churchyard. If so, this would have contributed to a belated decision to adopt the more direct route by laying the existing footpath north-eastward from the gate to the south door. Dates on nearby gravestones imply that the footpath was laid after c.1840.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Unpublished document: Tony Sumpter. 2007. St Katherine's Church, Teversal: Archaeological Watching Brief.
  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. 2021. National Record of Historic Environment.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Church of St Catherine, Teversal, Sutton in Ashfield (Building)

Record last edited

Jul 27 2026 1:50PM

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