Poulton Priory
  Location within Gloucestershire | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Priory of St Mary |
| Order | Gilbertine |
| Established | 1350 |
| Disestablished | 1539 |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Thomas Seymour |
| Site | |
| Location | Poulton, Gloucestershire |
| Coordinates | 51°41′56″N 1°51′50″W / 51.698975°N 1.863894°W |
Poulton Priory or the Priory of St Mary was a Gilbertine priory in Poulton, Gloucestershire, England. It was founded as a chantry chapel in 1337 by Sir Thomas Seymour and became a house of Gilbertine canons in 1350. [1][2] From 1539, with the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the priory was used as the parish church for Poulton. It was demolished in 1873.[1]
A Tudor style mansion was built on the site by Sir Arthur Blomfield for the Marshall family c1897. It was later owned by James Joicey and Major Alexander Black-Mitchell. In World War II, it was used as a children's hospital.
References
- 1 2 Pugh & Crittall, p. 319
- ↑ "Pastscape - Detailed Result: Poulton Priory", Pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk (English Heritage), retrieved 13 June 2011
- Bibliography
- Pugh, R. B.; Crittall, Elizabeth, eds. (1956), "The Priory of St Mary, Poulton", A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 3, OCLC 277574324
Coordinates: 51°41′56″N 1°51′50″W / 51.698975°N 1.863894°W
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