Grace Dieu Priory
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The Grace Dieu Priory was an Augustinian priory near Thringstone in Leicestershire, England. It was founded around 1235-1241 by Roesia de Verdon and dissolved in October in 1538. It was dedicated to God, the Holy Trinity and St Mary.
Following the Dissolution, the site passed to John Beaumont, whose descendants held it (with one brief interruption) until the early 1690s. Sir Ambrose Phillipps of Garendon Abbey then purchased the estate. By 1730, the buildings were ruinous, with only two sections still roofed. [1]
The priory buildings still exist as ruins[2]. A conservation project on the remains was completed in 2005 and the site is now open to the public[3].
The ruins are home to the mythical ghost the White Lady.[citation needed]
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- ^ Hillier, Kenneth and Ryder, Peter F: Grace Dieu Priory, published by Ashby-de-la-Zouch Museum and the Grace Dieu Prior Trust, July 2006
- ^ Harvey, Alfred (1912) Leicestershire. London: Methuen
- ^ Friends of Grace Dieu Priory: http://www.gracedieupriory.co.uk/index.html
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Coordinates: 52°45′39.50″N 1°21′24.06″W / 52.760972°N 1.3566833°W
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