West Acre Priory

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West Acre Priory of St. Mary and All Saints was a medieval monastic house at West Acre in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk district of Norfolk, England founded c.1100 by the de Toni family. Later an Augustinian fraternity, it was closed down in 1538 as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII. [1] It is now a ruin.

West Acre village in United Kingdom

West Acre is a village and civil parish in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk district of the county of Norfolk, England. It covers an area of 14.49 km2 (5.59 sq mi) and had a population of 187 in 83 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 260 at the 2011 Census.

Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough in England

King's Lynn and West Norfolk is a local government district and borough in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in the town of King's Lynn. The population of the Local Authority at the 2011 Census was 147,451.

Norfolk County of England

Norfolk is a county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the northwest, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea and to the north-west, The Wash. The county town is Norwich. With an area of 2,074 square miles (5,370 km2) and a population of 859,400, Norfolk is a largely rural county with a population density of 401 per square mile. Of the county's population, 40% live in four major built up areas: Norwich (213,000), Great Yarmouth (63,000), King's Lynn (46,000) and Thetford (25,000).

The Priory gatehouse Gatehouse, West Acre Priory - geograph.org.uk - 1718365.jpg
The Priory gatehouse

The ruined priory gatehouse is a grade I listed building, the north side of which has a two centred arch surmounted by three shields with coats of arms, legible in the 18th century as the arms of de Toni and the Earls of Warwick. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Historic England. "PRIORY GATEHOUSE (1077660)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 3 March 2014.

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