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Lancaster Priory
Hob Uid: 41227
Location : Lancashire Lancaster Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SD4739962003
Summary : Benedictine alien priory dependent on Seez was founded by Roger of Poitou circa 1094 for a prior, 5 monks, 3 priests, 2 clerks, and servants. It was in the king's hands in 1324-5, and was dissolved in 1428, after which it became a possession of Syon. No extant remains.
More information : (SD 47376199) Site of (NAT) Priory (NR). (1) A Benedictine priory at Lancaster was founded circa 1094 as an alien cell to Seez, and dissolved in 1428. (2) The site of this alien priory is occupied by a kitchen garden of St Mary's Vicarage; no remains exist. (3) Remains of the Benedictine priory which lie beneath the present day church and the ground to the north of it. Evidence suggests that the priory had a precinct wall and gatehouse. Further finds from beneath the priory church include fragments of early Christian carved stone crosses (SD 46 NE 22) and early 9th century coins, suggesting that this may also have been the site of a monastery, probably founded between the 7th and 9th centuries. Scheduled. (4)

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Source details : OS 1:2500 1938
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Source details : F1 JHO 10-DEC-53
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Source details : EH Scheduling amendment, 24-APR-2002
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Extant
Monument End Date : 1428
Monument Start Date : 1094
Monument Type : Benedictine Alien Cell, Alien Priory, Precinct Wall, Gatehouse
Evidence : Documentary Evidence, Sub Surface Deposit, Earthwork

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Between C7th and C9th
Monument End Date : 899
Monument Start Date : 600
Monument Type : Monastery, Cross
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence, Structure

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Early C9
Monument End Date : 832
Monument Start Date : 800
Monument Type :
Evidence : Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Medieval
Component Monument Type :
Object Type : COIN
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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 34987
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SD 46 SE 26
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1929-01-01
End Date : 1929-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1953-12-10
End Date : 1953-12-10

Associated Activities :
Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 2007-01-01
End Date : 2007-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Lancaster Priory