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Name:Site of Benedictine Priory, Burwell
HER Number:MLI42374
Type of record:Monument

Summary

Site of the Benedictine priory at Burwell, founded between 1100-07, and dissolved in 1427.

Grid Reference:TF 356 797
Map Sheet:TF37NE
Parish:BURWELL, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Full description

A priory for Benedictine monks was founded at Burwell in 1100-07. It was dissolved in 1427 and granted to the college at Tattershall. The earthworks did survive into the 20th century but have now been largely ploughed out. Some medieval pottery and carved stone have been recovered from the site. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}


<1> Lincolnshire County Council, Sites and Monuments Record Card Index, TF 37 NE: AB (Index). SLI2881.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Card Index, TF 37 NE: 1 (Index). SLI2344.

<3> William Page (ed), 1906, The Victoria County History: Lincolnshire - Volume 2, vol.2, pp.238-9 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI1104.

<4> D. Knowles and R.N. Hadcock, 1953, Medieval Religious Houses: England and Wales - First Edition, p.83 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI902.

<5> Aerial Photograph, S41/176 (1948) (Aerial Photograph). SLI89.

Monument Types

  • ARTEFACT SCATTER (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PRIORY (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1427 AD)

Associated Finds

  • SHERD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

<1>Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 37 NE: AB.
<2>Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. TF 37 NE: 1.
<3>Bibliographic Reference: William Page (ed). 1906. The Victoria County History: Lincolnshire - Volume 2. vol.2, pp.238-9.
<4>Bibliographic Reference: D. Knowles and R.N. Hadcock. 1953. Medieval Religious Houses: England and Wales - First Edition. p.83.
<5>Aerial Photograph: Aerial Photograph. S41/176 (1948).

Related records

MLI42373Related to: Church of St Michael, Burwell (Building)

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