Ruxox Cell
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Ruxox Cell was an Augustinian monk
's cell in Bedfordshire
, England
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It was documented in 1189 and 1290, and was used as a retreat by resigned priors of Dunstable Priory
.
An excavation was done in 1959, and the interim report is held at Bedfordshire Record Office.
Monk
A monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
's cell in Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire is a ceremonial county of historic origin in England that forms part of the East of England region.It borders Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Northamptonshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the south-east....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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It was documented in 1189 and 1290, and was used as a retreat by resigned priors of Dunstable Priory
Dunstable Priory
The 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...
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An excavation was done in 1959, and the interim report is held at Bedfordshire Record Office.