Amesbury Priory - Wikipedia
WEBAmesbury Priory was a Benedictine monastery at Amesbury in Wiltshire, England, belonging to the Order of Fontevraud. It was founded in 1177 to replace the earlier Amesbury Abbey, a Saxon foundation established about the year 979.
Amesbury Abbey - Wikipedia
WEBAmesbury Abbey was a Benedictine abbey of women at Amesbury in Wiltshire, England, founded by Queen Ælfthryth in about the year 979 on what may have been the site of an earlier monastery. The abbey was dissolved in 1177 by Henry II, who founded in its place a house of the Order of Fontevraud, known as Amesbury Priory.
Houses of Benedictine nuns: Abbey, later priory, of Amesbury
WEB2 days ago · The abundance of tiles found during these excavations and the reappearance of the same designs in other places near Amesbury have led to the belief that there was a tile factory attached to the priory. Red and white clay …
Amesbury Abbey (house) - Wikipedia
WEBAmesbury Abbey is a Grade I listed mansion in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, built in the 1830s for Sir Edmund Antrobus to designs of Thomas Hopper. The house, which stands in Grade II* listed parkland, is now used as a care home.
AMESBURY ABBEY, Amesbury - 1000469 | Historic England
WEBDuring the medieval period the Benedictine abbey of Amesbury formed part of the land of a priory manor that stood here. At the Dissolution, the latter held its own site, mills, meadows, pasture, agricultural land, parkland, and various properties in the town of Amesbury (VCH 1995).
Amesbury Abbey - Parks & Gardens UK
WEBAmesbury Abbey (listed grade I) stands just east of the centre of the park. It was built for Sir Edmund Antrobus to designs by the architect Thomas Hopper between 1834 and 1840 and 1857-9. The three-storey high cubic house is built in Classical style, evoking the house of 1660 designed by John Webb that it replaced.
Parishes: Amesbury - British History Online
WEBIn the early 16th century Amesbury priory had two corn mills and a fulling mill immediately south-west of the parish church and probably under one roof. Mills on the site, near that of Town Mill, were part of the Priory manor and later called West, Priory, or Abbey Mill.
Brief Historical Background - Amesburyparishchurch
WEBIn 1285, Eleanor of Provence (widow of Henry III) entered the Priory and became a nun. She died in 1291 and was buried in front of the High Altar in the presence of Edward I and his court. Edward visited the Priory many times. In 1400 a dispute arose between the Prioress and the Prior.
The History of Amesbury - Amesbury Town Council
WEBAmesbury is an attractive little Wiltshire Town steeped in history with sits on River Avon, known to be the oldest continuous living settlement in this country. Dating back over 8500 years BC. It...
WEBAmesbury Abbey was allegedly founded in 979, endowed by Queen Aelfthryth, possibly in expiation for the murder of Edward the Martyr; it was one of the six wealthy late Saxon nunneries established under royal patronage.
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