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Nunkeeling Priory
Hob Uid: 80942
Location : East Riding of Yorkshire Bewholme
Grid Ref : TA1453050130
Summary : Benedictine nunnery founded 1152 dissolved 1539. No visible remains. Also sometimes considered as a Cistercian nunnery
More information : (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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Source details : OS 6" 1926/40
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Source details : Transactions of the East Riding Antiquarian Society 15 1908 106
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Source details : F1 ISS 24-JUL-74
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
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Monument End Date : 1539
Monument Start Date : 1152
Monument Type : Benedictine Nunnery, Priory, Cistercian Nunnery
Evidence : Documentary Evidence, Conjectural Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
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Monument Start Date : 1810
Monument Type : Church, Manor House
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Humberside)
External Cross Reference Number : 989
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TA 15 SW 1
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : EXCAVATION
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1974-07-24
End Date : 1974-07-24

Historic England Research Records

Nunkeeling Priory