St. Helen's Chapel, St. Helen's Lane, CO1

Image: © Mike Quinn Taken: 2 Apr 2014

The Wiki entry on Colchester churches says that "most of the current building dates from the 12th and 13th centuries, incorporating Roman brick. Excavations in 1981 and 1984 in Maidenburgh Street have shown that the Roman stone and brickwork under the north and east walls were part of a theatre. In the 14th century, chantries were established in the chapel, but it was closed in 1539 after the Dissolution of St John's Abbey and it went into secular use. It became a house, a school, a library, a Quaker meeting-house and a warehouse. In the 1880s, the Round family, who owned the castle, had the chapel restored by William Butterfield. After use as a clergy meeting-room and a parish hall, it was used by the Castle Museum as a store. Since 2000, it has again been used as a place of worship by the (Greek) Orthodox Parish of St Helen." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churches_in_Colchester#St_Helen.27s_Chapel .

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