Charley Priory |
| Hob Uid: 920770 | |
Location :
Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire
Charley
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| Grid Ref : SK4795014740 |
| Summary : An alien Benedictine Grange of St Evroul Abbey, extant before 1190 and later a was confirmed to Ware Priory, the chief dependency of St Evroul in England. By 1220 it was described as a hermitage. It became an Augustinaian Priory after 1220, and in 1444 was described as ruinous, after which it became a possession of Ulverscroft Priory. It was finally dissolved in 1465. |
More information : (SK 47951474) Charley Hall (NAT) on site of Priory Cell (NR).
(Augustinian founded 1164). (1)
Charley: a religious house which started as a Grange or Manor of the
alien Benedictine Abbey of St Evroul before 1190, and was confirmed
to the Benedictine Priory of Luffield in 1173-4, and then to Ware the
chief English dependency of St Evroul in 1203-6. In 1220 it was
described as a Hermitage, apparently independent and under no fixed
rule. Later became a minor Augustinian Priory; and was dissolved and
united to Ulverscroft in 1465. It may have been a house of Austin
Friars before becoming a Priory. (2)
"The boundary dyke which enclosed the Priory (Charley) site survives
in unusual perfection: of the wall, however, little is left in
situ." (3)
The monastic house at Charley has almost completely disappeared. (4)
No evidence found to confirm the OS siting of the Priory to Charley
Hall. ONB destroyed. (5)
Charley Hall is mainly 18thc with 19thc and 20thc additions (both
dated). No early fabric was noticed and no information about the
priory could be gained at the Hall. (6)
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