St Leonard's Priory, Stamford was a priory[1] in Lincolnshire, England. It was built in Stamford, supposedly on the site of a monastery which was founded by St Wilfrid in 658 and destroyed in the Danish invasion.[2]
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It was jointly refounded by William the Conqueror and William de St-Calais, the Bishop of Durham, in c1082 and remained a cell of Durham until its dissolution in 1538.[3]
Part of the fine transitional west front and north arcade of the church survive. The ruins and site of St Leonard's Priory is a Scheduled Monument and the structure is a Grade I listed building.[3][4]
See also
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edit- ^ Page, William, ed. (1906). "Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of St Leonard, Stamford". A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2. Institute of Historical Research. pp. 127–128. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, England (1977). The Town of Stamford. HMSO. p. 34. ISBN 9780117007123.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Ruins and site of St Leonard's Priory (Grade I) (1007690)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ^ Britishlistedbuildings retrieved 6 July 2013
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Further reading
edit- Page, William, ed. (1906). "Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of St Leonard, Stamford". A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2. Victoria County History. pp. 127–128. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- Hartley, John S; Rogers, Alan (1974). The Religious Foundations of Medieval Stamford. Vol. report 2. Nottingham University.
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