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St Leonard's Priory, Stamford

1082 establishments in England1538 disestablishments in England650s establishments7th-century church buildings in England7th-century establishments in England
Anglo-Saxon monastic housesBenedictine monasteries in EnglandBuildings and structures in Stamford, LincolnshireChristian monasteries established in the 11th centuryChristian monasteries established in the 7th centuryGrade I listed buildings in LincolnshireMonasteries dissolved under the English ReformationMonasteries in LincolnshireUse British English from March 2014
St.Leonard's Priory geograph.org.uk 130646
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St Leonard's Priory, Stamford was a priory 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.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.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.

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St Leonard's Priory, Stamford
Priory Road, South Kesteven Stamford

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Priory Road
PE9 2EU South Kesteven, Stamford
England, United Kingdom
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