Woodspring Priory

Woodspring Priory

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Woodspring Priory is a former Augustinian priory beside the Severn Estuary about convert|3|mi|km|0|abbr=off north east of Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset. It was founded in the early 13th century, and dedicated to Saint Thomas Becket (the founder was a grandson of Reginald Fitzurse, one of Becket's murderers). After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the priory was converted into a farmhouse. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building. [cite web | title=Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=263898 | accessdate=2007-10-19] It is now owned by the Landmark Trust and rented out as holiday accommodation. There is also a small museum on the site.

The 15th century barn, [cite web | title=Barn c. 50 metres north west of Priory Church | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=33315 | accessdate=2007-10-19] east cloister wall, [cite web | title=east cloister wall | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=33312 | accessdate=2007-10-19] farmhouse range, [cite web | title=farmhouse range | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=33306 | accessdate=2007-10-19] gatehouse, gates and mounting block, [cite web | title=gatehouse, gates and mounting block | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=33311 | accessdate=2007-10-19] infirmary, [cite web | title=infirmary | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=33314 | accessdate=2007-10-19] and west wall [cite web | title=west wall | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=33313 | accessdate=2007-10-19] are also listed buildings.

Woodspring Priory is near the scenic limestone promontory of Sand Point otherwise known as Middle Hope, owned by the National Trust. The priory gave its name to the Woodspring District of the former county of Avon, and the Woodspring parliamentary constituency of North Somerset.

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External links

* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photos/06/32/063257_26d4502f.jpgImage on Geograph UK]
* [http://www.highgen.com/landmark/1998Woodspring/woodspringoutside.jpgOutside image of the Priory]


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