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NUNKEELING PRIORY

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Benedictine nunnery founded 1152 dissolved 1539. No visible remains. Also sometimes considered as a Cistercian nunnery

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(TA 14535013) Manor House on Remains of (NAT)
St Mary Magdalene and St Helen's Priory (NR) (1)

Priory founded 1152, dissolved 1529. Priory of St Mary and St Helen (early charters) or of St Mary Magdalene and St Helen. Sometimes considered Cistercian nunnery, but recorded as Benedictine in 14th Century and later. (2)

Ruins of Nunkeeling Church (TA 14555015 - OS 6" 1855), built circa 1810 with traces of 13th century work. Grade 3. Most of earlier building, including the nunnery chapel which stood W of the church, was destroyed. (3)

There are still some remains of the religious buildings built into the farm buildings. (4)

The Manor House much renovated and modernised is in good condition and still inhabited. It does not now incorporate any obvious monastic remains in the ancillary buildings. Not of outstanding importance.

There are no remains of the priory, though the 19th century church is still standing but roofless. The graveyard is no longer used.
Published survey (25") correct. (5)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1926/40

( 2) by David Knowles and R Neville Hadcock 1971 Medieval religious houses in England and Wales

Page(s)262

( 3) List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest

DOE (HHR) Holderness RD Aug 1965 4

( 4) General reference

Transactions of the East Riding Antiquarian Society 15 1908 106

( 5) Field Investigators Comments

F1 ISS 24-JUL-74

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The present building is the ruin of the church built in 1810, this building incorporated some 13th century material in the chancel arch. The walls are...

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