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Spalding Priory

Hob Uid: 352420
Location :
Lincolnshire
South Holland
Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : TF2477022520
Summary : Benedictine cell founded in 1052 as a dependency of the Benedictine Abbey of Crowland. After 1071 one monk only remained, and the house was refounded in 1074 as a cell of St. Nicholas's Abbey, Angers. The monks secured their independence from Angers in 1397, and in 1540 the house was surrendered. The conventual church was apparently on the West side of the present Bridge Street a little to the North of High Bridge.Dependencies: Until 1220, Alkborough Priory was a dependency of Spalding.
More information : [TF 24772252] Benedictine Priory [A.T.] (Site of). (1)

Founded in 1052 as a dependency of the Benedictine Abbey of Crowland. After 1071 one monk only remained, and the house was refounded in 1074 as a cell of St. Nicholas's Abbey, Angers. The monks secured their independence from Angers in 1397, and in 1540 the house was surrendered.

See Map Diagram. (2)

For comments on extant remains see map diagram and G.Ps AO/65/31/7,8. (3)

TF 248225. The remains of at least six disarticulated Human skeletons found during building work in Bridge Street. The presumed site of the Priory burial ground. (4)

Additional source. (5)

This link contains a digital copy of a 17th century map of the priory. See link in the list of sources. (6)
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Source details : OS 25" 1889
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Source details : Wikimedia Commons. (2009). Spalding Abbey: University of Toronto Wenceslaus Hollar Digital Collection [accessed 22-FEB-2011]
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Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
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Monument End Date : 1066
Monument Start Date : 1052
Monument Type : Benedictine Cell
Evidence : Documentary Evidence
Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Benedictine Cell, Priory, Benedictine Monastery, Benedictine Alien Cell, Inhumation
Evidence : Documentary Evidence
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TF 22 SW 16
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1965-06-21
End Date : 1965-06-21
Associated Activities :
Activity type : EVALUATION
Start Date : 2000-01-01
End Date : 2000-12-31
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Activity type : DESK BASED ASSESSMENT
Start Date : 2000-01-01
End Date : 2000-12-31
Associated Activities :
Activity type : EVALUATION
Start Date : 2000-01-01
End Date : 2000-12-31