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Odda's Chapel is an 11th-century chantry chapel near Deerhurst, Gloucestershire. The chapel has been dated to 1056 by the discovery nearby in 1675 of Odda's Stone, a Latin inscription of the dedication of the chapel. The chapel was ordered by Earl Odda for the soul of his brother Ælfric. With the abolition of chantry chapels in the 1540s the chapel ceased to be used. In the late 16th century the chapel building was re-used as part of a timber-framed farmhouse and knowledge of it faded. In 1865 Rev. George Butterworth deduced from a chronicle of Tewkesbury Abbey and from the existence of Odda's Stone that there had been a chantry chapel in Deerhurst. In 1885 during repairs to Abbot's Court a blocked Anglo-Saxon window was discovered hidden behind plaster. In 1965 the chapel was "disentangled" from Abbot's Court farmhouse. It is now in the care of English Heritage. It is within the council area of Tewkesbury (Gloucestershire).
Historic England Grade I Listed 1304997.

Place Type: Ecclesiastical Monument
Historic County: Gloucestershire
Lat, Long: 51.967005,-2.191932
Grid Reference: SO 8691 2985
Civil Parish: Deerhurst CP
Council Area: Tewkesbury CA (Gloucestershire CA)
Police Area: Gloucestershire PA

GBPN ID: 303580
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Odda's_Chapel,_Gloucestershire_303580

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