St Leonard's Priory, Stamford

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Remains of the priory church from Francis Peck's Academia tertia Anglicana (1727) Academia tertia Anglicana; or, the antiquarian annals of Stanford (sic) in Lincoln, Rutland, and Northampton shires Fleuron T097520-9.png
Remains of the priory church from Francis Peck's Academia tertia Anglicana (1727)

St Leonard's Priory, Stamford was a priory [1] in Lincolnshire, England. It was built in Stamford, supposedly on the site of a monastery which was founded by St Wilfrid in 658 and destroyed in the Danish invasion. [2]

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It was jointly refounded by William the Conqueror and William de St-Calais, the Bishop of Durham, in c1082 and remained a cell of Durham until its dissolution in 1538. [3]

Part of the fine transitional west front and north arcade of the church survive. The ruins and site of St Leonard's Priory is a Scheduled Monument and the structure is a Grade I listed building. [3] [4]

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References

  1. Page, William, ed. (1906). "Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of St Leonard, Stamford". A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2. Institute of Historical Research. pp. 127–128. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  2. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, England (1977). The Town of Stamford. HMSO. p. 34. ISBN   9780117007123.
  3. 1 2 Historic England. "Ruins and site of St Leonard's Priory (Grade I) (1007690)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  4. Britishlistedbuildings retrieved 6 July 2013

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