Rinaston: all that remains

Image: © Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff Taken: 22 Nov 2007

In the middle ages Rinaston (originally Reynerston) was a manor with a chapel of ease for Ambleston church. "The chapel of Rinaston was in ruins in 1904; only portions of the main walls then remained, and one of the walls was merely held together by the roots of a good-sized tree which had grown on the masonry. The chapel was a small edifice, and was situated at the northern end of the farmyard of Rinaston Farm; it consisted of a nave and chancel. Within the nave is a tomb with an inscription to the memory of David Morse of Reynaston, who died on 30 July, 1785 aged 67, and his wife Martha, who died on 11 Jan., 1789 aged 64. From this it would appear that the chapel was probably abandoned at the end of the 18th century." All that can be seen now is this neglected area which appears to be the remains of a walled enclosure. Brambles and farm rubbish obscure it.

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