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Churches of the British Isles

Gallery: Churches of Kent

by Peter Kessler & Jo Lewis, Date

Dover Part 9: Churches of Sandwich & Worth

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St Bartholomew's Hospital Chapel, lies off Dover Road in the grounds of the former hospital. Established as a hostel for travellers and pilgrims, the hospital and chapel may have been built as early as 1190. The French attack on Sandwich in 1217 was repulsed with a great victory, and the present buildings may have been erected afterwards as part of the celebrations for that victory. On 9 July, 1349, Edward III made a grant to the brethren of the house of St Bartholomew.

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Unusually, the hospital survived the Dissolution, and by this time it had changed to provide a permanent home to sixteen brothers or sisters. The sixteen cottages surround the chapel to this day. The Charity Commissioners reported in 1837 that there were in the hospital a master and sixteen brothers and sisters, and described its property in detail. Also in Sandwich, St Thomas' Hospital dates from 1392 and offers permanent homes to twelve brothers or sisters.

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