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Amesbury Priory. Coordinates: 51.174°N 1.784°W. Amesbury Priory was a Benedictine monastery at Amesbury in Wiltshire, England, belonging to the Order of Fontevraud. It was founded in 1177 to replace the earlier Amesbury Abbey, a Saxon foundation established about the year 979.
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- Priory of St Mary and St Melor
- Amesbury Abbey
May 6, 2016 · The evidence of inquisitions post mortem would also suggest that in its last years the priory held in service the manors of 'le Conygar' in Amesbury (1502), Rockley (1471), and Woolmore (1502). (fn. 241) Later inventories show that the priory held lands in these places but do not describe them as manors.
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Oct 30, 2021 · From aurochsen to abbey tiles: uncovering Mesolithic and medieval finds at Blick Mead – The Past. BELOW Overlooking the spring-side trench at Blick Mead, Amesbury, where project volunteers have been uncovering evidence of extensive Mesolithic tool-making and feasting. Feature.
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The abbey was dissolved in 1177 and the church was granted to Amesbury Priory which, by 1186, had built a new church. It was believed that the original abbey church then became the parish church although there has been disagreement over this. If you walk around the church today you certainly receive the impression that it has been more than a ...
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During the medieval period the Benedictine abbey of Amesbury formed part of the land of a priory manor that stood here. At the Dissolution, the latter held its own site, mills, meadows, pasture, agricultural land, parkland, and various properties in the town of Amesbury (VCH 1995).
