Elsham Priory |
Hob Uid: 78875 | |
Location : North Lincolnshire Elsham
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Grid Ref : TA0300012000 |
Summary : Founded as a hospital for poor persons under 1-2 regular Augustinian canons before 1166, by which time the first prior was appointed. The Priory was suppressed in 1536. Its precise location is unknown. |
More information : The Hospital of SS. Mary and Edmund at Elsham was founded before 1166, and became an Augustinian Priory about 1200. From the beginning of the 13th century there is no further mention of the Hospital. The Priory was suppressed in 1536. (1-2)
No further information obtained. (3)
Additional bibliography. (4-5) |