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| Name: | AUGUSTINIAN PRIORY |
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| HER No.: | 131 |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Summary
Augustinian Priory, founded 1131/2, dissolved 1540. Most of area lies under open ground
Full Description
The Augustinian Priory of St Peter was founded by Henry I at Christmas 1131-1132. The conventual church was built in the second half of the 12th century (see HER132). The Priory was dissolved in 1540. The church survives, but most of the other buildings have been demolished. The remains of the gatehouse survive to the south west of the church, and comprise carriage and pedestrian entrances. An 18th century building called the Priory stands on the site of the priory guesthouse. Part of the Hospitium, dating from c.1300, survived into the 20th century as the ground floor of a factory on the High Street but was subsequently demolished. Much of the rest of the priory area is now under grass, in which low earthworks show the locations of priory buildings.
The priory is a Scheduled Ancient Monument (County No 3)
Protected Status:
- Scheduled Monument 3: Dunstable Priory
Monument Types
- CEMETERY (12th Century to 16th Century - 1131 AD to 1540 AD)
- COFFIN (12th Century to 16th Century - 1131 AD to 1540 AD)
- DITCH (12th Century to 16th Century - 1131 AD to 1540 AD)
- FLOOR (12th Century to 16th Century - 1131 AD to 1540 AD)
- INHUMATION (12th Century to 16th Century - 1131 AD to 1540 AD)
- RELIGIOUS HOUSE (12th Century to 16th Century - 1131 AD to 1540 AD)
- ROAD (12th Century to 16th Century - 1131 AD to 1540 AD)
- WALL (12th Century to 16th Century - 1131 AD to 1540 AD)
- WELL (12th Century to 16th Century - 1131 AD to 1540 AD)
- CHALK PIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- LIME KILN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- FBD3681 - ARROW
- FBD8084 - SHERD (Small quantity) (Roman/Romano-British - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FBD8085 - TILE (1) (Roman/Romano-British - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FBD5262 - COIN (1) (3rd Century - 200 AD to 299 AD)
- FBD3680 - COIN (1) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FBD8087 - SHERD (1) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FBD8086 - TILE (3) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FBD3679 - OVEN (12th Century to 16th Century - 1131 AD to 1540 AD)
- FBD3678 - PIN (1) (12th Century to 16th Century - 1131 AD to 1540 AD)
- FBD6235 - SHERD (Small quantity) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FBD8088 - TILE (Medium quantity) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Events
- EBD187 - Land adjacent to Montpelier House, High Street South, Dunstable; an archaeological evaluation (Ref: 418)
- EBD235 - Priory Gardens, High Street South, Dunstable, TL021218 additional lighting scheme 2006.
Sources and Further Reading
| --- | SBD10507 - Photograph: BCC Photographic Unit. F392/13-20 |
| --- | SBD10508 - Slide: HER Slide Archive. 6611-6613 |
| --- | SBD10543 - Bibliographic reference: Bedfordshire Magazine. Vol 4, 1953-1955, p 155 |
| --- | SBD10574 - Article in serial: 1908. Victoria County History, Bedfordshire. Vol 1, pp 371-377 |
| --- | SBD10576 - Article in monograph: South Midlands Archaeology. Vol 17, 1987, pp 12-14 |
| --- | SBD10607 - Newspaper Article: Dunstable Gazette. 17/8/1973 |
| --- | SBD10788 - Bibliographic reference: Manshead Magazine/Journal. Vol 27, Jan 1987, pp 1-11 |
| --- | SBD10803 - Scheduling record: English Heritage. SAM record form. No 3 |
| --- | SBD10879 - Unpublished document: OS: TL 02. TL 02 SW 13 |
| --- | SBD10915 - Bibliographic reference: Teresa McLean. 1981. Medieval English Gardens. p 57 |
| --- | SBD10916 - Bibliographic reference: Journal of the Archaeological Society of Dunstable. Vol 38, Nov 1998 |
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