Modbury Priory was a Benedictine priory in the parish of Modbury, Devon, England, established before 1129 which was one of the longest surviving alien...
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north side of the parish church of St George, on or near the site of Modbury Priory, founded in the 12th century by the Vautort lords of the manor. It was...
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List of monastic houses in Devon (redirect from Axmouth Priory)
Frithelstock Priory Hartland Abbey Indio Monastery (approx.) Ipplepen Priory (approx.) Ivybridge Priory Kerswell Priory Leigh Cell (approx.) Modbury Priory Newenham...
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priories were expelled from England. Most finally came to an end under Henry V in 1414, with a few exceptions surviving, for example Modbury Priory in...
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Whympston (redirect from Whympston, Modbury)
the district in about 1140, when Ralph Fortescue donated some land to Modbury Priory at about the time of its foundation. William Fortescue (died post-1406)...
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Tynemouth Priory and Castle is a historic site located on a promontory at the mouth of the Tyne at Tynemouth. The medieval Benedictine priory was protected...
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St Neots Priory was a Benedictine monastery beside the town of St Neots in the historic county of Huntingdonshire, now a non-metropolitan district in the...
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Great Malvern Priory in Malvern, Worcestershire, England, was a Benedictine monastery (c. 1075 – 1540) and is now an Anglican parish church. In 1949 it...
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List of monastic houses in England (redirect from Abbeys and priories in England)
Monastic houses in England include abbeys, priories and friaries, among other monastic religious houses. The sites are listed by modern (post-1974) county...
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Little Malvern Priory, in the village of Little Malvern near Malvern, Worcestershire, was a Benedictine monastery c. 1171–1537. It was founded from Worcester...
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Winchester Cathedral Priory was a cathedral monastery attached to Winchester Cathedral, providing the clergy for the church. Cenwealh son of Cynegils is...
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Finchale Priory (/ˈfɪŋkəl/ FING-kəl), sometimes referred to as Finchale Abbey, was a 13th-century Benedictine priory. The remains are sited by the River...
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02″W / 51.6426667°N 2.6722278°W / 51.6426667; -2.6722278 The Parish and Priory Church of St Mary is located in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, south east Wales...
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The Priory Church of St James, Bristol (grid reference ST588734), is a Grade I listed building in Horsefair, Whitson Street. It was founded in 1129 as...
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St Mary's Priory, Binham, or Binham Priory, is a ruined Benedictine priory located in the village of Binham in the English county of Norfolk. Today the...
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all sons of Sir John Fortescue (fl.1422) of Whympston in the parish of Modbury, Devon, appointed in 1422 Captain of the captured Castle of Meaux, 25 miles...
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Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey (redirect from Jarrow Priory)
Early in the 14th century the two houses were refounded as cells of Durham Priory. In 1536 they were surrendered to the Crown and dissolved. Since the dissolution...
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Black Ladies Priory was a house of Benedictine nuns, located about 4 km west of Brewood in Staffordshire, on the northern edge of the hamlet of Kiddemore...
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3°0′41″W / 53.38944°N 3.01139°W / 53.38944; -3.01139 Birkenhead Priory is in Priory Street, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. It is the oldest standing...
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Alvecote Priory is a ruined Benedictine priory in Alvecote, Warwickshire, England. The site has been scheduled as an ancient monument. Now very little...
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Ewenny Priory (Welsh: Priordy Ewenni), in Ewenny in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, was a monastery of the Benedictine order, founded in the 12th century...
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Amesbury Priory was a Benedictine monastery at Amesbury in Wiltshire, England, belonging to the Order of Fontevraud. It was founded in 1177 to replace...
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Brecon Cathedral (redirect from Brecon Priory)
seat of the Bishop of Swansea and Brecon. Previously the church of Brecon Priory and then the Parish Church of St John the Evangelist, it became Brecon Cathedral...
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Durham Priory was a Benedictine priory associated with Durham Cathedral, in Durham in the north-east of England. Its head was the Prior of Durham. It...
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Bermondsey Abbey (redirect from Bermondsey Priory)
estate at Bermondsey. The new monastery was established as an alien Cluniac priory through the arrival in 1089 of four monks from St Mary's of La Charité-sur-Loire...
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Boxgrove Priory is a ruined priory in the village of Boxgrove in Sussex, England. It was founded in the 12th century. The Priory was founded in the reign...
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Lancaster Priory, formally the Priory Church of St Mary, is the Church of England parish church of the city of Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It is located...
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The Priory Church is an Anglican parish church in Leominster, Herefordshire, England, dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul. The building was constructed...
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308°W / 50.686; -1.308 Carisbrooke Priory was an alien priory, a dependency of Lyre Abbey in Normandy. The priory was situated on rising ground on the...
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Stoke-by-Clare Priory was a Benedictine monastery in Stoke-by-Clare, in Suffolk, an alien priory, dependent on Bec Abbey, in Normandy. Reinstituted in...
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