Huntingdon Priory

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Huntingdon Priory was an Augustinian Priory in Cambridgeshire, England. [1] [2] Founded before A.D. 973 in or near the parochial church of St Mary's Church, it was moved by Eustace de Lovetot away from Huntingdon, either in the time of Henry II, where it continued till its dissolution in 1538. [3]

Cambridgeshire County of England

Cambridgeshire is a county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. The city of Cambridge is the county town. Modern Cambridgeshire was formed in 1974 as an amalgamation of the counties of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely and Huntingdon and Peterborough, the former covering the historic county of Cambridgeshire and the latter covering the historic county of Huntingdonshire and the Soke of Peterborough, historically part of Northamptonshire. It contains most of the region known as Silicon Fen.

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References

  1. ↑ British History Online
  2. ↑ "Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire". huntingdonuk.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  3. ↑ British Archaeological Association; Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1884). The Archaeological journal (Public domain ed.). Royal Archaeological Institute. pp. 394–. Retrieved 3 December 2011.

Coordinates: 52°19′59″N0°10′59″W / 52.333°N 0.183°W / 52.333; -0.183

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