St. Martin's Priory, Richmond
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remains of St Martin's Priory, Richmond
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15th century Priory gateway tower.
St. Martin's Priory, Richmond was a medieval monastic house in North Yorkshire, England. It was a Benedictine house, founded about 1100, originally for 9 or 10 monks, dependent on St Mary's Abbey, York. As one of the lesser monastic houses, it was dissolved in 1539.[1]
References
- ↑ Historic England. "St. Martin's Priory (21627)". PastScape. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
Coordinates: 54°24′06.7″N 1°43′40.8″W / 54.401861°N 1.728000°W
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