Priory Church
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Priory Church is the name of many Christian churches which have had a connection with a priory
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Examples (arranged by order of country, then place-name) include:
es. At Oxford a priory church became the city's cathedral.
While priory churches are usually associated with former priories rather than active priories, a few priories have been constructed since the Reformation, for example St Dominic's Priory Church
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Priory
A priory is a house of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or religious sisters , or monasteries of monks or nuns .The Benedictines and their offshoots , the Premonstratensians, and the...
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Examples (arranged by order of country, then place-name) include:
United Kingdom
When monasteries were closed in the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century, the churches were often given a new role as parish churchParish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
es. At Oxford a priory church became the city's cathedral.
While priory churches are usually associated with former priories rather than active priories, a few priories have been constructed since the Reformation, for example St Dominic's Priory Church
St Dominic's Priory Church
St Dominic's Priory Church between Hampstead and Camden Town, London NW5, is one of the largest Roman Catholic churches in London.-Location:...
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- Priory Church of St Mary, AbergavennyPriory Church of St Mary, AbergavennyThe Priory Church of St Mary, Abergavenny is a church in the centre of Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales.St. Marys has been called 'the Westminster Abbey of Wales' because of its large size and the number of high status church monument tombs and the rare medieval effigies surviving within it .-...
- St Mary's Church, BungaySt Mary's Church, BungaySt Mary's Church, Bungay, is a redundant Anglican church in the town of Bungay, Suffolk, England. The church and the ruins of the adjacent priory have been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building, and are under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust...
- Bridlington PrioryBridlington PrioryPriory Church of St. Mary, Bridlington, , commonly known as Bridlington Priory Church is a parish church in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in the Diocese of York...
- Cartmel PrioryCartmel PrioryCartmel Priory is the parish church of Cartmel, Cumbria . The priory was founded in 1190 by William Marshal, later 1st Earl of Pembroke for the Augustinian Canons and dedicated to Saint Mary the Virgin and Saint Michael. It was first colonised by a Prior and twelve monks from Bradenstoke Priory in...
- Christchurch PrioryChristchurch PrioryChristchurch Priory is an ecclesiastical parish and former priory church in Christchurch in the English county of Dorset .-Early history:...
- Dunstable PrioryDunstable PrioryThe Priory Church of St Peter with its monastery was founded in 1132 by Henry I for Augustinian Canons in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. St Peter’s today is a large and impressive building, but this is only the nave of what remains of an originally much larger Augustinian priory church...
- Edington PrioryEdington PrioryEdington Priory in Wiltshire, England, was founded by William Edington, the bishop of Winchester, in 1332 in his home village of Edington. The priory church was built between 1352 and 1361.-History:...
- Priory Church of St George, DunsterPriory Church of St George, DunsterThe Priory Church of St George in Dunster, Somerset, England is predominantly 15th century with evidence of 12th and 13th century work. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.-History:...
- Lancaster PrioryLancaster PrioryLancaster Priory, formerly St Mary's Church, Lancaster, is the parish church of the city of Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It is located near Lancaster Castle and has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican church in the deanery of...
- Priory Church of St. Anthony, LentonPriory Church of St. Anthony, LentonThe Priory Church of St. Anthony, Lenton is a parish church in the Church of England in Lenton, Nottingham.-History:The church is medieval but largely a building of 1883...
- Priory Church, LeominsterPriory Church, Leominster-External links:* *...
- St Bartholomew-the-GreatSt Bartholomew-the-GreatThe Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great is an Anglican church located at West Smithfield in the City of London, founded as an Augustinian priory in 1123 -History:...
, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... - St Dominic's Priory ChurchSt Dominic's Priory ChurchSt Dominic's Priory Church between Hampstead and Camden Town, London NW5, is one of the largest Roman Catholic churches in London.-Location:...
, London - Clerkenwell Priory (Priory Church of St John of Jerusalem), London
- Oxford Cathedral (Priory Church of St Frideswide)
- Priory of St. Andrews of the Ards, StogurseyPriory of St. Andrews of the ArdsThe Priory of St. Andrews of the Ards was a Benedictine Abbey at Stogursey in Somerset.Originally the area was known as Stoke and by 1086 was owned by William de Falaise following the Norman Conquest. He who had recently married Geva, daughter of Serlo de Burci, and widow of Martin "de Wallis"...
- Priory Church of St. Peter, ThurgartonPriory Church of St. Peter, ThurgartonThe Priory Church of St. Peter, Thurgarton is a former house of Canons Regular or "Black Canons" and now a Church of England church in Thurgarton Nottinghamshire.They were called "Black Canons" because they wore Black Cassocks, Black Capes and Hoods....