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Location: Chertsey, Surrey
Name and type: St Peter; Benedictine abbey
Founded: AD 964
Dissolved: 1539
References: Pocock 1858; Poulton 1988
Database code: XCHE54
Antiquarian and 1950s excavations yielded 35 burials in church, eastern cemetery, cloister and chapter house. No osteological data. Burial practice varied, with 11 stone coffins, 18 stone cists, one of which incorporated carved stone crosses in lining, one lead coffin decorated with Maltese cross, one wooden coffin, five multiple stone slab covers, and one headstone marker. Seven burials with dress accessories, one burial with chalice and paten. One laid with floor-tile footrest.