Stainfield Priory

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Stainfield Priory was a Benedictine nunnery at Stainfield in the North of Lincolnshire, England, between Wragby and Fiskerton.

Stainfield human settlement in United Kingdom

Stainfield is a village and civil parish about 10 miles (16 km) east of the city of Lincoln, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 189.

Lincolnshire County of England

Lincolnshire is a county in eastern England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders Northamptonshire in the south for just 20 yards (18 m), England's shortest county boundary. The county town is the city of Lincoln, where the county council has its headquarters.

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The priory of St Mary at Stainfield was the only nunnery of the Benedictine order in Lincolnshire. It was a small establishment intended to house up to 20 nuns, founded in around 1154 by Henry or William Percy, which survived until the dissolution in 1536. [1] [2]


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References

Both references contain a wealth of further detail.

  1. Historic England. "Stainfield Priory (351572)". PastScape. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  2. Page, William, ed. (1906). A History of the County of Lincoln. Victoria County History. 2. pp. 131–132.

Coordinates: 53°14′39″N0°20′12″W / 53.24426°N 0.33663°W / 53.24426; -0.33663 (SAP Production)

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