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Chetwode Priory
Hob Uid: 341027
Location : Buckinghamshire Chetwode
Grid Ref : SP6397029770
Summary : The priory was founded in 1245 but was ruinous by 1460. It was rebuilt, and from circa 1480 until its dissolution in 1535, it was a cell of Notley Priory. The only extant remains are St Mary And St Nicholas' Church, which replaced St Martin's Church as the priory church and the parish church in 1480, and a fishpond. There are no extant remains in Priory House, which was built on the site after the Dissolution.
More information : (SP 64022979) Priory House on site of (NAT) Priory (NR) (Augustinian Founded AD 1245) (NAT) (SP 63972977) Moat (NR) (SP 64052968) Fish Pond (NAT) (SP 64042981) St Mary & St Nicholas's Church (NAT). (1) Augustinian Priory founded AD 1245, impoverished in 1460, becoming a cell and finally dissolved in 1538. (a) (2) The only traces of the old priory are in the church of St Mary and St Nicholas, which superseded the parish church of St Martin (SP 62 NW 3) in 1480, the fish ponds and moats. (3) See plan. (3) (b) (4) The Priory House is modern and contains no external evidence of the earlier monastic buildings. St Mary's is now the parish church of Chetwode and contains early architectural fragments fully described in RCHM Bucks (North) 1911 85. The published moat is defensive homestead and is later than the priory complex. Fishpond now water-filled/ornamental. Published survey (25") revised. (5)

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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Extant
Monument End Date : 1460
Monument Start Date : 1245
Monument Type : Church, Priory, Augustinian Monastery
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Extant
Monument End Date : 1535
Monument Start Date : 1480
Monument Type : Augustinian Cell, Moat, Parish Church, Church, Priory
Evidence : Earthwork, Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Extant
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1480
Monument Type : Parish Church
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SP 62 NW 1
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1973-11-20
End Date : 1973-11-20

Associated Activities :
Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 1998-01-01
End Date : 1998-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Chetwode Priory