Upavon Priory

Coordinates: 51°17′42″N 1°48′22″W / 51.295°N 1.806°W / 51.295; -1.806
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51°17′42″N 1°48′22″W / 51.295°N 1.806°W / 51.295; -1.806

The former priory church: St Mary's, Upavon, begun in the 13th century

Upavon Priory was a small priory in Wiltshire, England.

Charlton St Peter had been appropriated to the priory.[2]

Monks of alien priories were expelled from England in 1378, and the priory became a farm.

There are intermittent records of priors of Upavon between 1262 and 1361.

River Avon, was demolished in the early 1820s.[4]

References

  1. ^ Upavon in the Domesday Book
  2. ^ a b c Pugh, R.B.; Crittall, Elizabeth, eds. (1956). "Alien houses: Priory of Upavon". A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 3. London: University of London. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via British History Online.
  3. ^ "Upavon". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Upavon Priory (220160)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 25 August 2020.