1 Benedictine nunnery of Wroxall, dedicated to St Leonard, was founded around the end of the reign of Henry I (1100-35). Leland gives 1141 as the actual date. At the ...
The site of Wroxall Abbey, a Medieval Benedictine Nunnery which was founded in the 12th century. The remains of two of the nunnery buildings are still standing, as are the remains of the church. A house was built on the site during the 16th century.
1 In the suburb on the W of the town there was a house of Dominican or Black Friars, established towards the end of the reign of Henry III, but ...
The site of a Dominican Friary established in the Medieval period, it stood in the vicinity of Friar Street, Warwick. The friary was demolished after the Dissolution around 1551. Recent archaeological excavation has found several burials possibly from the friary cemetery.
1 On the site of Sillesburne Farmhouse once stood a hermitage, mention of which is made in the will of John Harewell who died 1428.
2 The hermitage of Silesbourne was ...
The site of a monastery or hermitage dating to the Medieval period. The site is known from documentary evidence. It was situated 800m north of Newnham.
1 Attached to the Order of Fontevrault. Founded between 1155 and 1159. The community consisted of sisters and brothers, living apart, but meeting in the church for common worship. The ...
The site of the Priory of St. Mary which was founded during the Medieval period. The site is located 50m west of Manor Court Road, Nuneaton.
1 Arbury House is on the site of an Augustinian priory of canons which was granted to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, after the Dissolution (PRN 6258).
2 An Augustinian priory ...
The site of Arbury Priory, an Augustinian monastery governed by a prior of Medieval date. It was situated in Arbury Park, 400m west of Swanland.
1 The inner precinct area limits appears to be defined by the multiple bank and ditch surviving best to the south and east of the priory.
2 Reappraisal of evidence ...
The inner precinct area of St. Sepulchre's Priory in Warwick
1 The remoteness of the church (MWA1022) from the centre of the town is probably to be explained by the conjecture, mentioned by Leland, that it occupies the site of ...
Documentary evidence suggests that this might be the site of an Early Medieval monastery, beneath the present Holy Trinity Church, at Stratford on Avon.
1 The boundary of this precinct is mostly conjectural although some historic map evidence suggests it follows particular historic and modern boundary lines.
2 A 12th/13th century wall was ...
The presumed area and boundary to Kenilworth Abbey during the medieval period. The site forms most of Abbey Fields and the park around the Abbey.
1 Probably founded around 1260. The duration is uncertain but was probably brief as there do not appear to be any later records. No further information.
The site of an Augustinian Friary, a monastery governed by a friar. It was founded in the Medieval period, around 1260. The site is situated half a kilometre south west of Shuttington.
1 A small priory of Cistercian nuns was founded in the reign of Henry I (1100-35). It was dissolved in 1536.
2 Remains consist only of portions of the church (PRN ...
The site of Pinley Priory, a Medieval Cistercian monastery. The site lies 600m south east of Great Pinley.
1 About 1154-55 monks at Radmore (Staffs) were granted the right to establish a Cistercian foundation at Cryfield within the royal manor of Stoneleigh, on the grounds that the Cannock ...
The possible site of a Cistercian monastery dating to the Medieval period. The site lies to the west of Cryfield Village.
1 A grass covered mound c2.4m to 3m in height lies to the east of the church. It may represent the remains of an eastern chapel associated with the Abbey. ...
The possible site of a chapel associated with Polesworth Abbey, which was founded in the Early Medieval period. The mound is visible as an earthwork and is situated 250m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth.
1 The E wall of the chapter house and dorter range still stands. It is 1.8m – 2.1m high and about 19m in length. The wall is of rubble. A ...
The site of the Medieval Chapter House at Nuneaton Priory, which has been excavated. The site lies east of Manor Court Road, Nuneaton.
1 The principal dwelling was the Habit which can be located close to the site now occupied by Manor Court House. This seems to have been the Abbot’s or Prior’s ...
The possible site of the Medieval Prior's House associated with Nuneaton Priory. It would have stood on Manor Court Road, Nuneaton and the results of a geophysical survey suggest that some building ruins survive.
1 An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by the Warwickshire Museum in January 1991 at the rear of Manor Court House. The evaluation comprised geophysical survey and trial trenching. ...
Trial trenching and geophysical survey found evidence of Medieval buildings, possibly associated with St. Mary's Priory, on the west side of Manor Court Road.
1 A small exploratory excavation was carried out by Warwickshire Museum in March 1986 some 50m east of the cloisters in the southeastern corner of the Abbey Field. A small ...
Excavations revealed evidence of Medieval buildi ngs associated with St Mary's Priory, Nuneaton. A pit containing medieval pottery was also recorded.
1 On the site of a former parochial church of St Helen (PRN 1961) Henry de Newburgh began in 1109 to erect the Priory of St Sepulchre. The priors and ...
The site of the Priory of St Sepulchre, which was founded in the Medieval period. Archaeological work uncovered evidence of some of the buildings and burials. The site lies in Priory Park, Warwick.
1 The Medieval church was first recorded in 1123. The present building was erected in 1779-80 (PRN 5472). Little is known of the old church, which consisted of nave, chancel, ...
The site of the church of St Nicholas which dated to the Early Medieval and Medieval periods, though little is known about it. The present church was built around 1780 and stands on St Nicholas Church Street, Warwick.
1 The S boundary of the parish at this point is the long ridge called Grove Hill. Near a spring called Caldwell in Grove Hill was the Hermitage which Ralph ...
The possible site of a Medieval hermitage is suggested by documentary evidence. The site is located 500m south of Alcock's Arbour.