Pentney Priory
Pentney, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England
An Augustinian Priory founded around 1130 by Robert De Vaux, a Norman nobles who came to England with William I the Conqueror. It was built on lands belonging to Hacon the Dane, Sir Robert installed Augustine Canons to pray for the souls of his family. The priory declined until it was consolidated with Wormegay Priory in 1468 and included in the Dissolution, sold to Thomas Manners, the Earl of Rutland in 1537.
It is located a mile west of the village of Pentney on the north bank of the River Nar, off a private road starting at the corner of Common Road and Abbey Road. All that remains is the gatehouse.
An Augustinian Priory founded around 1130 by Robert De Vaux, a Norman nobles who came to England with William I the Conqueror. It was built on lands belonging to Hacon the Dane, Sir Robert installed Augustine Canons to pray for the souls of his family. The priory declined until it was consolidated with Wormegay Priory in 1468 and included in the Dissolution, sold to Thomas Manners, the Earl of Rutland in 1537.
It is located a mile west of the village of Pentney on the north bank of the River Nar, off a private road starting at the corner of Common Road and Abbey Road. All that remains is the gatehouse.
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Pentney, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England
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- Added: 5 Jul 2013
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2503018
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