- The Leper Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene was built in the mid 12th Century.
- The Leper Chapel, also known as the Leper Chapel of St Mary Magdalene, is a chapel on the east side of Cambridge, England...
- We had stayed in Ripon overnight and before setting off we had a walk to this lovely chapel as we had seen directions to it from the market on the signpost.
- The Cambridge Leper Chapel, also known as the Chapel of St Mary Magdalene, is one of the oldest complete surviving buildings in Cambridge.
- In North Yorkshire, aside from the Chapel of St Mary Magdalen in Ripon, there were other notable leper hospitals.
- In 1199, the chapel was given royal dispensation from King John to hold a fair on its grounds to help the lepers, which became known as Stourbridge Fair.
- The name 'Leper Chapel' is slightly misleading; though the Hospital had a remit to look after lepers, it seems likely that they were cared for in a separate building...
- In ‘Memories of Abbey and East Barnwell’ Janet Howard and Jean Secker recalled: Went to Sunday school at the Leper Chapel.
- The chapel acted as a leper hospital during the Middle Ages, earning income from the annual Stourbridge Fair, which they were allowed by a grant from King...
