Haverfordwest Priory
Haverfordwest Priory (
Canons Regular on the banks of the Western Cleddau at Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Dedicated to St. Mary and St. Thomas the Martyr and situated on land given by Robert fitz-Richard, castellan of Haverford Castle[1] and second cousin of Gerald of Wales.[2]
The priory was first mentioned around 1200.
According to William Latham Bevan, “It owned the three churches in Haverfordwest,
Cresselly.[3]
At the time of
St David's.[4]
From 1983 to 1996, the site (now under control of Cadw) was excavated and the outlines of the buildings are visible. Much architectural material of a high standard was discovered and can be seen in Haverfordwest museum. Also unearthed was a unique medieval garden with raised beds.[5] The gardens are listed at Grade I on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.[6]
In February 2022, archaeologists began to excavate Haverfordwest Priory, and a gravesite containing 240 burials at the location of a former department store was identified.[7]
References
- ^ Haverfordwest in S.Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, London, 1849
- ^ Britain's Medieval Castles, Lise E. Hull, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006, p.20
- ^ William Latham Bevan (1888). St. David’s. Society for promoting Christian knowledge. Retrieved 10 October 2014 – via Internet Archive.
Haverfordwest.
- ^ Thomas Nicholas (1872). "Wales Annals and Antiquities, Vols. I-II". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ "Haverfordwest Priory (Pembrokeshire)". HistoricBritain.com. 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ Scourfield, Aled (11 October 2022). "Skeletons: Remains of 240 people under Haverfordwest store". BBC News. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
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