Middlesbrough Priory

Middlesbrough Priory was a priory in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1119 be Robert De Brus as a Benedictine house.[1] It was forcibly closed in 1573 under the Dissolution of the Monasteries.[2]

No trace remains of the priory and its location was a few yards north of the Old Town Hall and just south of the Transporter Bridge site.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Braddy, Geoff; Anderson, Maureen (2002). Aspects of Teesside. Barnsley: Wharncliffe Books. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-903425-19-0. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Middlesbrough Priory (27046)". PastScape. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

Coordinates: 54°34′55.9″N 1°13′56.7″W / 54.582194°N 1.232417°W / 54.582194; -1.232417


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