What is recorded here

St George's Chapel stood 120m south of York Castle from the 12th century, separated by a dammed Foss moat and reached only by a northern bridge. Built for the castle, it passed to the Knights Templar in 1246, reverted to the crown after their 1312 suppression, and became the St Christopher and St George Guild base in 1447. Its buried masonry still lies beneath St George's Field, preserving a place where royal prestige, military ritual and civilian charity kept layering new life onto the same stones.

The National Heritage List for England records St George's medieval chapel 120m south of York Castle as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

St George's medieval chapel, located 120m south of York Castle, was likely built in the 13th or 14th century, associated with the religious and military significance of the broader York Castle complex. It is remembered as part of the historical and architectural heritage linked to the strategic and ecclesiastical importance of York in medieval England.

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