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Nostell Priory
Hob Uid: 54194
Location : Wakefield Hessle and Hill Top, West Hardwick, Sharlston, Huntwick with Foulby and Nostell
Grid Ref : SE4067017290
Summary : Augustinian priory founded circa 1114 and dissolved in 1540. An important priory with dependencies at Bamburgh, Breedon, Hirst, Skewkirk and Woodkirk, and the hospitals at Pontefract. No traces of the priory remain.
More information : [SE 40321744] Site of Priory [G.T.] (Augustinian). (1) St.Oswald's Priory, a house of Augustinian Canons, was founded c.1114 and dissolved 1540. There was formerly a settlement of hermits on the site. The ruins, which were to the SE of the present house, were removed in the early 18th c. apart from an outbuilding which was converted into cow stalls and a slaughter house. The priory probably lay between this building and Wragby Church. [Brockwell contends that the church - SE 41 NE 6 - represents the early site of the Priory]. (2-5) There are no visible remains at the published position. The cow-stalls and slaughter house at SE 40671729 is a restored 16th/17th century building and may survive from the extra claustral buildings of the priory. In another restored 16th/17th century barn at SE 40601723 are numerous carved stones, columns, gargoyles and a font. All other outbuildings are of mid-18th c. construction. There are no surface indications of the priory between these older buildings and Wragby Church. (6) The foundation of Nostell Priory - documentary research. (7)

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Source details : Brockwell M W. 1915. Catalogue of the Pictures and Historical Account of Nostell Priory. 5-9, 384-5
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Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Extant
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1114
Monument Type : Augustinian Monastery, Priory
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SE 41 NW 4
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1964-12-15
End Date : 1964-12-15

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Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 1997-01-01
End Date : 1997-12-31

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Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 2000-01-01
End Date : 2000-12-31

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Activity type : MANAGEMENT SURVEY
Start Date : 2000-01-01
End Date : 2001-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 2001-01-01
End Date : 2001-12-31

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Activity type : MANAGEMENT SURVEY
Start Date : 2002-01-01
End Date : 2002-12-31

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Activity type : GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY
Start Date : 2008-01-01
End Date : 2008-12-31