Witchingham Priory

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Witchingham Priory was a priory in Norfolk, England.

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).

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England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north. The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

History

Walter Giffard, 1st Earl of Buckingham granted land to monks in Norfolk. [1] [2] [3]

Walter Giffard, Lord of Longueville in Normandy, 1st Earl of Buckingham was an Anglo-Norman magnate.

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References

  1. ↑ "Alien houses: The priory of Witchingham". A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2. 1906. p. 466.
  2. ↑ The Victoria History of the County of Norfolk, Volume 2. 1906: Constable.
  3. ↑ New, Chester William (1916). History of the Alien Priories in England to the Confiscation of Henry V: A Dissertation. G. Banta.


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