Aldermanshaw Priory
  Location within Leicestershire | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Cluniac |
| Established | C.1220-35 |
| Disestablished | In ruins c.1450 |
| Mother house | Bermondsey Abbey |
| Diocese | Diocese of Lincoln |
| Site | |
| Location | Woodhouse,[1] Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, England |
| Coordinates | 52°43′34″N 1°15′29″W / 52.726005°N 1.257961°W |
| Grid reference | SK50211452 |
| Visible remains | None. Materials may have been reused in later house on the site. |
Aldermanshaw Priory is a former Cluniac Priory, located within the Charnwood Forest, in Leicestershire, England.
History[edit]
Aldermanshaw Priory was founded c.1220-1235. It was a cell (a small monastery dependent upon a motherhouse) of Bermondsey Abbey, in London.[2] The name is thought to refer to Alwin (or Alwinus) Child, the founder of the priory's motherhouse at Bermondsey.[3]
The priory was in ruins by 1450.[2]
The priory was in the hamlet of Woodhouse. In the 17th century a cottage, known as Alderman's Haw, was built on the site. The age of some of the stones used to construct the two-story rubble cottage suggests it may incorporate materials from the earlier priory.[2][4]
References[edit]
- ^ Curtis (1831)
- ^ a b c "Aldermans Haw", English Heritage PastScape
- ^ James Bell, "A new and comprehensive gazetteer of England and Wales, illustr. by a series of maps. 4 vols. [in 2]." (1836)
- ^ Curtis, John (1831) A Topographical History of the County of Leicester. Ashby-de-la-Zouch: W. Hextall; p. 1
| Augustinian |   | |
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| Benedictine | ||
| Brothers of Penitence | ||
| Cistercian | ||
| Cluniac | ||
| Dominican | ||
| Franciscan | ||
| Knights Hospitaller | ||
| Knights Templar | ||
| Premonstratensian | ||
| Unknown or Independent | ||