Flanesford Priory
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Flanesford Priory was a priory in Herefordshire
Herefordshire
Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...

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England
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Sir Richard Talbot, then owner of nearby Goodrich Castle
Goodrich Castle
Goodrich Castle is a now ruinous Norman medieval castle situated to the north of the village of Goodrich in Herefordshire, England, controlling a key location between Monmouth and Ross-on-Wye...

, founded the priory in 1346 as a house of the Canons Regular of St Augustine.

The priory buildings are now used as holiday accommodation
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