Chetwode Priory |
Hob Uid: 341027 | |
Location : Buckinghamshire Chetwode
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Grid Ref : SP6397029770 |
Summary : The priory was founded in 1245 but was ruinous by 1460. It was rebuilt, and from circa 1480 until its dissolution in 1535, it was a cell of Notley Priory. The only extant remains are St Mary And St Nicholas' Church, which replaced St Martin's Church as the priory church and the parish church in 1480, and a fishpond. There are no extant remains in Priory House, which was built on the site after the Dissolution. |
More information : (SP 64022979) Priory House on site of (NAT) Priory (NR) (Augustinian Founded AD 1245) (NAT) (SP 63972977) Moat (NR) (SP 64052968) Fish Pond (NAT) (SP 64042981) St Mary & St Nicholas's Church (NAT). (1)
Augustinian Priory founded AD 1245, impoverished in 1460, becoming a cell and finally dissolved in 1538. (a) (2)
The only traces of the old priory are in the church of St Mary and St Nicholas, which superseded the parish church of St Martin (SP 62 NW 3) in 1480, the fish ponds and moats. (3) See plan. (3) (b) (4)
The Priory House is modern and contains no external evidence of the earlier monastic buildings. St Mary's is now the parish church of Chetwode and contains early architectural fragments fully described in RCHM Bucks (North) 1911 85. The published moat is defensive homestead and is later than the priory complex. Fishpond now water-filled/ornamental. Published survey (25") revised. (5) |