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Low Chibburn (aka Chibburn Preceptory) are the ruins of a mediæval hospitaller preceptory and dowager house near Widdrington in Northumberland. The preceptory was first recorded in 1313 and served originally as a hospital. It was abolished in 1540 when all its lands were passed initially to the Crown and then in 1553 to the Widdrington family. Sir John Widdrington probably built the dowager house on the site before it was razed by French invaders in 1691. Today the only significant remains consist of two main buildings, the chapel and the house, which formed two sides of a courtyard. The remaining two sides of the courtyard survive as foundations and tumbled walls. The preceptory was defended by a moat enclosing an area over 300 feet in diameter, and although the moat and a possible pond is still visible at the site, some of these features have been infilled and later destroyed by open cast mining in 1957. The chapel served as a pillbox during the Second World War. It is within the council area of Northumberland.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1014679.

Place Type: Ecclesiastical Monument
Historic County: Northumberland
Lat, Long: 55.261997,-1.5830104
Grid Reference: NZ 2659 9650
Civil Parish: Widdrington Village CP
Council Area: Northumberland CA
Strategic Authority Area: North East SA
Police Area: Northumbria PA

GBPN ID: 303042
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Low_Chibburn,_Northumberland_303042

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