Copy map of St. Lawrence’s Chapel, Cork

Copy map showing outline of the medieval St. Lawrence’s Chapel near the South Channel of the River Lee. The chapel is bounded by Webber’s Lane (now Morgan’s Lane) and by the ‘ascertained line of the Old City Wall’. The site was seemingly covered by the recently-demolished former Beamish & Crawford Brewery, Main Street South, Cork. The map was probably copied from a nineteenth-century lease map and has the following key to the coloured areas: ‘Land coloured red leased by Carleton & Mitchell to Fr

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Level of description: Item
Date: c.1900
Reference: 4
Extent and medium: 59 cm x 33 cm; Ink with colour washes on trace paper; typescript
Scope and content: Copy map showing outline of the medieval St. Lawrence’s Chapel near the South Channel of the River Lee. The chapel is bounded by Webber’s Lane (now Morgan’s Lane) and by the ‘ascertained line of the Old City Wall’. The site was seemingly covered by the recently-demolished former Beamish & Crawford Brewery, Main Street South, Cork. The map was probably copied from a nineteenth-century lease map and has the following key to the coloured areas: ‘Land coloured red leased by Carleton & Mitchell to Francis Cottrell, 1st June 1796. Green and brown leased by Carleton & Mitchell to Francis Cottrell, 1st June 1796. Land coloured green held by Carleton under lease from Corporation dated May 6th 1706. Land coloured brown held by Carleton under lease from Prebendary of Christ Church. Land coloured blue held by Beamish & Crawford, surviving partners of “Beamish, Crawford & Barrett” as shewn on lease [of] Carleton & Mitchell to Cottrell dated 1st June 1796’. With a typescript note by Fr. Angelus Healy OSFC on the history of St. Lawrence’s Church.
General note: See also Maurice F. Hurley, 'A Case Study in Archaeology and Public Benefit from an Urban Excavation in an Old Brewery: Cork City, Ireland', 'Internet Archaeology' 57. (2021) https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue57/5/full-text.html
Repository: Irish Capuchin Archives
Context: Irish Capuchin Archives > Papers of Holy Trinity (Father Mathew Memorial) Church, Cork > Historical Writings

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Land coloured Red Leased by Carleton & Mitchell
Green & Brown Leased by Carleton & Mitchell
Land coloured Green held by Carleton under

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R I V E R Land coloured Red Leased by Carleton & Mitchell to Francis Cottrell 1st June 1796. Green & Brown Leased by Carleton & Mitchell to Francis Cottrell 1st June 1796 Land coloured Green held by Carleton under Lease from Corporation dated May 6th 1706 Land coloured Brown held by Carleton under Lease from Prebenedory of Christ Church Land coloured Blue held by Beamish & Crawford surviving Partners of Beamish Crawford & Barrett as shewn on Lease Carleton & Mitchell to Cottrell, dated 1st June 1796. R I V E R EAST WEBBERS LANE NORTH Scale 20 feet to an Inch.