Povington Priory
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Povington Priory was a Benedictine priory in Tyneham,[1] Dorset, England.
Established as an alien priory to the Abbey of Bec.[2] Wool and English ewe's milk cheese produced here were shipped to the Mother House via the docks at Wareham.[3]
Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the lands were passed to St. Anthony's Hospital, London[4]
References
- ↑ Warburton, J. (1786) "Some Account of the Alien Priories, and of Such Lands as They are Known to Have Possessed in England and Wales", Volumes 1-2, p.26. J. Nichols. Retrieved January 2012
- ↑ John Caley, J. et.al (1846) Monasticon Anglicanum: A History of the Abbies and Other Monasteries, Hospitals, Frieries, and Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, with Their Dependencies, in England and Wales : Also of All Such Scotch, Irish, and French Monasteries, as Were in Any Manner Connected with Religious Houses in England, Volume 6, Issue 2, p.1046. J. Bohn. Retrieved January 2012
- ↑ Miller, E. & Thirsk, J. (1991) "The Agrarian History of England and Wales", Volume 3, p.402. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-20074-1 Retrieved January 2012
- ↑ Lewis, S. (1833) A topographical dictionary of England: with historical and statistical descriptions, 2nd Edition, p.368. Lewis. Retrieved January 2012
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