Thicket Priory
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| Monastery information | |
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| Full Name | Thicket Priory |
| Established | 1955 |
| Dedicated to | Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
| Diocese | Middlesbrough |
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| Location | Thorganby, North Yorkshire |
| Coordinates | 53°53′01″N 0°56′28″W / 53.883576°N 0.94110382°W |
Thicket Priory is a religious house in the civil parish of Thorganby, North Yorkshire, England, located about 7 miles (11.3 km) south east of York. It lies in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough.
A Benedictine priory for nuns stood on the site of Thicket Priory from the 12th century and was dissolved in 1539, its building being demolished in 1850.[1] There is also evidence of a devotion to ‘Our Lady of Thicket’ dating from this time.[citation needed]
New monastic buildings were erected in the grounds of the former establishment, and these re-founded as a Carmelite monastery in 2009.[2][3]
The building that was used by the community until 2009 was erected as a country house between 1844 and 1847, and was sold by Lt Col Sir John Dunnington-Jefferson in 1955 to the Carmelite Sisters of Exmouth.[4] This group of buildings holds three Grade II listed buildings: the former Priory itself,[3] its lodge,[5] and coach house with stables and brewery,[6]
[edit] References
- ^ "Thicket Priory", National Monuments Record, English Heritage. Retrieved 18 November 2011
- ^ Harris, Richard; "York area nuns build new home at Thorganby", The York Press, 2 January 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2011
- ^ a b "Thicket Priory", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage. Retrieved 18 November 2011
- ^ "Living in harmony", the Yorkshire Post, 21 August 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2011
- ^ "Lodge to Thicket Priory", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage. Retrieved 18 November 2011
- ^ "Coach house, stables and brewery", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage. Retrieved 18 November 2011
[edit] External links
- Thicket Priory
- "Thorganby", Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2011
- Image of Priory Overlooking Lake
Coordinates: 53°52′59″N 0°56′28″W / 53.88302°N 0.94115°W
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