Lambeth Palace

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Lollards Tower; Chicele's Tower; Water Tower

In the civil parish of Lambeth. In the historic county of Surrey (Modern Authority of London Borough of Lambeth, 1974 county of Greater London).

Lollard's Tower built 1434 as safe refuge within the complex of buildings that make up the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ30617909

Air Photo from Air Photo and general mapping	1st edition OS Map from Mid to late 19th century maps
Modern Map from Landscape form and features	Modern Map from General location and route planning
Geograph British Isles occasionally has photos of the site and will usually give an idea of the surrounding landscape.

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 404441
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 224369 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

• Web site links
  • http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/Lambeth.htm
    http://www.oldlondonmaps.com/viewspages/0161.html
• Books
  • Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p235-8
    Keevill, Graham D., 2000, Medieval Palaces, An Archaeology (Stroud; Tempus) p13
    Tatton-Brown, Tim, 2000, Lambeth Palace: A history of the Archbishops of Canterbury and Their Homes (SPCK)
    Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p11, 66-7, 74-7, 111, 158, 170
    Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p242
    James, T.B., 1990, The Palaces of Medieval England (London; Seaby) p23, 67, 70-2, 155
    Dodwell, C.R., 1958, Lambeth Palace
    Roberts, H. and Godfrey, W.H., 1951, Survey of London Vol23 p81-103 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=47051]
    Gardiner, D., 1930, The Story of Lambeth Palace
    RCHME, 1925, Inventory of Historic Monuments in London Vol2: West London (HMSO) p79-86
    Hawtrey, Valentina, 1910, 'The Palace of Lambeth' in Rait, R.S. (ed), English Episcopal Palaces (Province of Canterbury) (London; Constable & Co) p51-89 http://www.archive.org/details/engepiscopalaces00raituoft
    Timbs, J. and Gunn, A., 1872, Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales Vol1 (London) p58-62
    Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p310
    Herbet, W. and Brayley, E.W., 1806, A Concise Account, Historical and Descriptive, of Lambeth Palace
    Hasted, Edward, 1801, The history and topographical survey of the county of Kent Vol12 p524-5 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63707
    Ducarel, A.C., 1785, 'The History and Antiquities of the Archiepiscopal Palace of Canterbury' in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica Vol2 no4
• Journal Articles
  • Haslam, R., 1990, Country Life
• Guidebooks
  • Huelin, Gordon, 1974, Lambeth Palace: A Short History (Church Info)
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/barkseng.html#surrey11]
    Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p225
• Other sources, 'grey' literature, unpublished works, etc. (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
  • Payne, Naomi, 2003, The medieval residences of the bishops of Bath and Wells, and Salisbury (PhD Thesis University of Bristol) Appendix B: List of Medieval Bishop's Palaces in England and Wales [available via http://ethos.bl.uk ]