Aldermanshaw Priory

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Aldermanshaw Priory
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Location within Leicestershire
Monastery information
Order Cluniac
EstablishedC.1220-35
DisestablishedIn ruins c.1450
Mother house Bermondsey Abbey
Diocese Diocese of Lincoln
Site
LocationWoodhouse, [1] Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, England
Coordinates 52°43′34″N1°15′29″W / 52.726005°N 1.257961°W / 52.726005; -1.257961 Coordinates: 52°43′34″N1°15′29″W / 52.726005°N 1.257961°W / 52.726005; -1.257961
Grid reference SK50211452
Visible remainsNone. Materials may have been reused in later house on the site.

Aldermanshaw Priory is a former Cluniac Priory, located within the Charnwood Forest, in Leicestershire, England.

History

Aldermanshaw Priory was founded c.1220-1235. It was a cell (a small monastery dependent upon a motherhouse) of Bermondsey Abbey, in London. [2] The name is thought to refer to Alwin (or Alwinus) Child, the founder of the priory's motherhouse at Bermondsey. [3]

The priory was in ruins by 1450. [2]

The priory was in the hamlet of Woodhouse. In the 17th century a cottage, known as Alderman's Haw, was built on the site. The age of some of the stones used to construct the two-story rubble cottage suggests it may incorporate materials from the earlier priory. [2] [4]

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References

  1. Curtis (1831)
  2. 1 2 3 "Aldermans Haw", English Heritage PastScape
  3. James Bell, "A new and comprehensive gazetteer of England and Wales, illustr. by a series of maps. 4 vols. [in 2]." (1836)
  4. Curtis, John (1831) A Topographical History of the County of Leicester. Ashby-de-la-Zouch: W. Hextall; p. 1