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Derby Kings Mead Or De Pratis Priory
Hob Uid: 313386
Location : City of Derby Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SK3443036690
Summary : Benedictine nunnery founded circa 1160, dissolved 1536 on site now occupied by a 16th or early 17th century building.
More information : [SK 34423669] Remains of a nunnery (1) [See illust.] Derby, King's Mead or de Pratis, a priory of Benedictine nuns founded c. 1160, dissolved 1536. (2) No trace of nunnery. Occupying the site are Nos 124, 126 Nuns Street (SK 34433669) which are two cottages (now offices) with fine interior Elizabethan fabric but few exterior details. (3)

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Source details : Magna Britannia,5,1817,101, map (Lysons)
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Source details : F R Harper/24-OCT-1966/Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator
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Monument Period Name : Medieval
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Monument End Date : 1536
Monument Start Date : 1160
Monument Type : Benedictine Nunnery, Priory
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Number : SK 33 NW 7
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1966-10-24
End Date : 1966-10-24

Historic England Research Records

Derby Kings Mead Or De Pratis Priory