| WAT SURINTHARAM (วัดสุรินท์ธาราม) |
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Wat Surintharam was situated off the city island in the southern area of Ayutthaya in
Samphao Lom sub-district. The temple was commonly known as Wat Surin (วัดสุรินท์)
and probably named after its sponsor.
The monastery was located between Wat Tha Sak and Wat Chi Tham along the south
bank of the old Lopburi River, at present the Chao Phraya River.
One of the six southern ferries shuttled between the landing at Wat Surintharam and Tha
Dan Chi (?) (ท่าด่านชีย) on the city island. (1) (2) [1]
There are no traces of the monastery is situ and as thus Wat Surintharam is considered as
disappeared.
Its historical background and period of construction are unknown.
The monastery is mentioned on a mid-19th century map, but not on Phraya Boran
Rachathanin's map drafted in 1926.
Footnotes:
(1) Author cannot translate the word (ชีย) as it is misspelled in the old text. The word
could refer to a small village in that area as for example the village Bang Ian on the east
side of the city island and Ban Khamin near Hua Ro in the northeast. These were villages
which in the beginning of the 16th century remained outside the city walls. This remains
though a guess.
(2) In Ayutthayan times there were twenty-two ferry routes between the main land and
the city island. The southern area had six ferries. The five other crossings were: the
crossing to Wat Phanan Choeng, Tha Hoi to Wat Pa Jak, Tha Phra Rachawangsan to
Wat Khun Phrom, Tha Chakrai Noi to Wat Tha Rap and Tha Wang Chai to Wat Nak.
[1] See "The Boat & Ferry Landings of Ayutthaya".
References:
[1] อธิบายแผนที่พระนครศรีอยุธยากับคำวินิจฉัยของพระยาโบราฌราชาธานินท์
ฉบับชำระครั้งที่๒และภูมิสถนกรุงศรีอยุธยา (2007) - Explanation of the map of the
Capital of Ayutthaya with a ruling of Phraya Boran Rachathanin - Revised 2nd
edition and Geography of the Ayutthaya Kingdom - Ton Chabab print office -
Nonthaburi (2007) - page 91.
Samphao Lom sub-district. The temple was commonly known as Wat Surin (วัดสุรินท์)
and probably named after its sponsor.
The monastery was located between Wat Tha Sak and Wat Chi Tham along the south
bank of the old Lopburi River, at present the Chao Phraya River.
One of the six southern ferries shuttled between the landing at Wat Surintharam and Tha
Dan Chi (?) (ท่าด่านชีย) on the city island. (1) (2) [1]
There are no traces of the monastery is situ and as thus Wat Surintharam is considered as
disappeared.
Its historical background and period of construction are unknown.
The monastery is mentioned on a mid-19th century map, but not on Phraya Boran
Rachathanin's map drafted in 1926.
Footnotes:
(1) Author cannot translate the word (ชีย) as it is misspelled in the old text. The word
could refer to a small village in that area as for example the village Bang Ian on the east
side of the city island and Ban Khamin near Hua Ro in the northeast. These were villages
which in the beginning of the 16th century remained outside the city walls. This remains
though a guess.
(2) In Ayutthayan times there were twenty-two ferry routes between the main land and
the city island. The southern area had six ferries. The five other crossings were: the
crossing to Wat Phanan Choeng, Tha Hoi to Wat Pa Jak, Tha Phra Rachawangsan to
Wat Khun Phrom, Tha Chakrai Noi to Wat Tha Rap and Tha Wang Chai to Wat Nak.
[1] See "The Boat & Ferry Landings of Ayutthaya".
References:
[1] อธิบายแผนที่พระนครศรีอยุธยากับคำวินิจฉัยของพระยาโบราฌราชาธานินท์
ฉบับชำระครั้งที่๒และภูมิสถนกรุงศรีอยุธยา (2007) - Explanation of the map of the
Capital of Ayutthaya with a ruling of Phraya Boran Rachathanin - Revised 2nd
edition and Geography of the Ayutthaya Kingdom - Ton Chabab print office -
Nonthaburi (2007) - page 91.
| Text & map by Tricky Vandenberg - April 2011 |
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| (Extract of a mid-19th century map) |