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Foukeholme Priory
Hob Uid: 55767
Location : North Yorkshire Hambleton Thimbleby
Grid Ref : SE4459094000
Summary : Benedictine nunnery founded c.1200 and dissolved sometime shortly after 1349. No remains
More information : (SE 44599400) Nun House on site of (NAT) Benedictine Priory (NR) (1) Nun House marks the site of the nunnery of St Stephen's of Foukeholm. (2) A Priory of Benedictine Nuns, founded c 1200 (?), dissolved after 1349. The convent may have died out at the Black Death. (3) There are no visible remains of the priory. Nun House is modern. (4)

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Source details : OS 6" 1930
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Source details : YAJ 9 1886 334-7 (W Brown)
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Source details : MRH Eng & Wales 1971 253 258 (Knowles & Hadcock)
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Source details : F1 BHP 01-DEC-72
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
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Monument End Date : 1349
Monument Start Date : 1199
Monument Type : Benedictine Nunnery, Priory
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SE 49 SW 1
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-12-01
End Date : 1972-12-01

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Foukeholme Priory