In a field in Kent the ruins of an
ancient building of uncertain origin lies. It is called Faversham Stone Chapel,
or alternately Stone-next-Faversham, and was known as the Church of Our Lady of
Elverton – or Our Lady of Elwarton – from the 7th century until the
16th century, when it was abandoned after falling into a state of
disrepair. The building was not, however, forgotten. From the 18th century onwards it became the occasional subject of archeological interest
because it was clear that this was no ordinary church for, as Hasted pointed
out in 1798, within the ruins of the Stone Chapel there are:
