The Anglo-Saxon Chapel of St Helen at Malmesbury

Abstract

Many years ago, Barbara Yorke mentioned to me that an Anglo-Saxon church, known as St Helen’s, had recently been discovered during alterations to a house at Malmesbury. During a subsequent visit to Malmesbury I failed to find the building in question! However, serendipity then intervened when I encountered the present owners, Kes and Mary Smith, at Deerhurst and discovered that, having acquired an Anglo-Saxon church, they had developed an interest in Anglo-Saxon church architecture. They invited me to visit and have subsequently encouraged me to study the building.