. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE After the Reformation an allowance CHAPEL of 40/. was ordered from the manor estate towards the stipend of a chaplain at Stidd,50 but this became merely a perquisite of the vicar of Ribchester,51 who held a service in the dilapidated chapel several times a The extra-parochial district has now been formally united to the parish of Ribchester, and service is performed once a month and more frequently in the summer. The chapel of ST. SJF10UR at Stidd53 stands amongst fields in a pleasant situation
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE After the Reformation an allowance CHAPEL of 40/. was ordered from the manor estate towards the stipend of a chaplain at Stidd,50 but this became merely a perquisite of the vicar of Ribchester,51 who held a service in the dilapidated chapel several times a The extra-parochial district has now been formally united to the parish of Ribchester, and service is performed once a month and more frequently in the summer. The chapel of ST. SJF10UR at Stidd53 stands amongst fields in a pleasant situation about half a mile to the north-east of Ribchester. It is an exceedingly interesting and rather picturesque54 building sub- stantially of late I 2th-century date, with subsequent alterations, in plan a plain rectangle 46 ft. 6 in. long internally by 20 ft. 6 in. wide, and with a small south porch. The walls, which are 3 ft. thick, are faced with rubble masonry, but at a later date, probably in the 13th century, square buttresses of two stages have been added at each angle, built with dressed stone and with chamfered plinths. The north wall retains all its original 12th-century features unaltered, having two narrow semicircular-headed labelled windows, with 9-in. lights splaying on. fe^# 1122 Century I132CENTUHY E313JSCe.\tuhy IZH Modern IP 20 K) S8 40 Scale or Feet Plan of St. Saviour's Chapel, Stidd the inside to 3 ft. 10 in., and between them a door- , 2 ft. 4 in. wide, now built up, with semi- circular head, chamfered jambs, and hood mould with plain zigzag ornament. On the south side a single 12th-century window remains, similar in character to those on the north, but of greater height and widened out in its lower half to a width of 1 2 in. The other windows on the south side are of 15th- century date, each of three lights under a square head. They, however, differ in detail, and were probably not inserted at the same time, that at the eastern end, which is the earlier,
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