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St Margarets De Bosco Priory Or Ivinghoe Priory

Hob Uid: 359511
Location :
Hertfordshire
Dacorum
Great Gaddesden
Grid Ref : TL0152011780
Summary : A Benedictine nunnery including a refectory founded between 1107-29, dissolved 1536. Fragments were still visible in 1908 but now only visible as an area of ground disturbance.
More information : (TL 01521178) Site of Priory (NR)
(Benedictine Nuns Founded c AD1130) (NAT) (1)

Ivinghoe Nunnery (or St Margaret's de Bosco or Mursley) was founded for Benedictine Nuns in c. 1130-60 by Henry de Blois (Bishop of Winchester) at Nettleden with Potten End and dissolved in 1536. In 1802 the buildings were almost entire, and the refectory remained till the early 19th century. Traces of it still remained near St Margarets' Farm in 1908. (2,3)

The site of the nunnery is identifiable as an area of ground disturbance in a permanent pasture field covering an area of c 100.0m square centred at the OS 6" siting. Place-names St Margaret's Farm, St Margaret's Copse. (4)
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Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Founded 1107-1129
Monument End Date : 1129
Monument Start Date : 1107
Monument Type : Benedictine Nunnery, Priory, Refectory
Evidence : Documentary Evidence, Earthwork
Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Dissolved 1536
Monument End Date : 1536
Monument Start Date : 1536
Monument Type : Benedictine Nunnery
Evidence : Documentary Evidence
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External Cross Reference Number : TL 01 SW 3
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-03-06
End Date : 1972-03-06