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Historic England Research Records

St Peters Monastery And Nunnery
Hob Uid: 1263812
Location : County of Herefordshire Leominster
Grid Ref : SO4990759284
Summary : Double house founded circa 660 by Merwald, King of West Mercia, and destroyed at some time by the Danes. It was refounded as a secular college for prebendaries, and later as a nunnery, but was abandoned before 1046. It is assumed to be on the same site as the later Benedictine monastery. (For later history see SO45NE5).
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Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : Circa 660-899
Monument End Date : 899
Monument Start Date : 660
Monument Type : Monastery, Nunnery, Double House
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : C10
Monument End Date : 999
Monument Start Date : 900
Monument Type : Minster
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Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : Late C10 to 1046
Monument End Date : 1046
Monument Start Date : 967
Monument Type : Nunnery
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SO 45 NE 70
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 2005-01-01
End Date : 2005-12-31

Historic England Research Records

St Peters Monastery And Nunnery