Elston
The village of Elston lies about 2 miles south of Farndon. This
is a settlement with a long history and of particular interest to
FARI is the Chapel which stands on the north eastern edge of the
village.
This chapel stands alone in a pasture and its history is poorly
recorded. There appears to be evidence of other structures
surrounding the building but at present these have not been
investigated.
In recent years the Pentagon Local History Society, based in Elston,
have carried out a great deal of research into the chapel and FARI
have assisted in this where possible.
FARI's involvement has included undertaking a resistivity survey of
the pasture surrounding the chapel, the results of which are shown
below. In addition we have obtained a number of medieval documents
which have been studied by the Palaeographer Peter Foden and which
have produced a number of interesting results indicating the
presence of perhaps more than one chapel in the area.
