Plemstall
Plemstall is a hamlet and ancient parish in the Broxton Hundred of Cheshire. It lies north-east of the village of Mickle Trafford, and forms part of its civil parish.
The hamlet contains only a farm and former level-crossing-keeper's house in addition to the Grade=I-listed St Peter's Church.[1] The church stands on a slightly elevated area which was known as "The Isle of Chester" the surrounding area formerly being marsh. The church is believed to have been built on the site of Plegmund's hermitage, who is believed to have lived there before he became Archbishop of Canterbury in AD 890.
St Plegmund's well is also situated within the hamlet, on the edge of a low cliff about 220 yds to the west of the church and to the east of one of the channels of the River Gowy. [2] [3] It is one of two holy wells in west Cheshire.
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1279021: Church of St Peter, Mickle Trafford
- ↑ Richards, Raymond (1947), Old Cheshire Churches, London: Batsford, p. 274, OCLC 719918
- ↑ Fitzpatrick-Matthews, Keith, St Plegmund’s Well: Topography, http://archaeology.kmatthews.net/cheshire/st_plegmund/introduction.php, retrieved 9 October 2007
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- Location map: 53°13’30"N, 2°48’53"W
