St Leonard's Priory, Stamford

St Leonard's Priory

St Leonard's Priory, Stamford was a priory^[1] 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.^[2]

It was jointly refounded by William the Conqueror and the Bishop of Durham in c1082 and remained a cell of Durham until its dissolution in 1538.^[3]

The ruins and site of St Leonard's Priory is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and the structure is a Grade I listed building.^[3]

Part of the fine transitional west front and north arcade of the church survive^[3] and are listed Grade I by English Heritage.^[4]

See also

• Greyfriars, Stamford

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to St Leonard's Priory, Stamford.

• Stamford civic society's description. See also their interpretation board.

Further reading

• Page, William, ed. (1906). "Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of St Leonard, Stamford". A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2. Victoria County History. p. 127-128. Retrieved 31 March 2013. 
• Hartley, John S; Rogers, Alan (1974). The Religious Foundations of Medieval Stamford. report 2. Nottingham University. 

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Coordinates: 52°39′15″N 0°27′56″W / 52.6541°N 0.4656°W / 52.6541; -0.4656