St Leonard's Priory, Stamford
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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, 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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Priory Road, South Kesteven Stamford
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St Leonard's Priory
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PE9 2EU South Kesteven, Stamford
England, United Kingdom
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