Thetford Priory

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Thetford Priory is a ruined medieval monastic house in Norfolk, England, once one of the most important religious foundations in East Anglia.

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Label Occurrences
Thetford Priory canonical 1
Thetford Priory, Norfolk, England 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval priory
monastic house
ruin
architecturalType monastic complex
associatedFamily Earls of Norfolk NERFINISHED
country England
currentCondition ruined
dedicatedTo Blessed Virgin Mary NERFINISHED
Saint Andrew NERFINISHED
diocese Diocese of Norwich NERFINISHED
dissolutionYear 1540
dissolvedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries NERFINISHED
dissolvedIn 16th century
dissolvedUnder Henry VIII NERFINISHED
foundationCentury 12th century
foundedAroundYear 1104
foundedAs Cluniac priory
foundedBy Hugh Bigod NERFINISHED
Roger Bigod NERFINISHED
founderFamily Bigod family NERFINISHED
function burial place
religious house
governedBy convent of monks
prior
hasFeature extensive standing remains
remains of monastic buildings
visible church plan
hasPart chapter house
church
cloister
dormitory ranges
gatehouse
refractory
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building
Scheduled Monument
locatedIn Norfolk NERFINISHED
Thetford NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion East Anglia NERFINISHED
managedBy English Heritage
near River Thet NERFINISHED
Thetford town centre
notableBurials Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk NERFINISHED
members of the Bigod family
openToPublic yes
region East of England
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousOrder Cluniac NERFINISHED
servedAs mausoleum of the Earls of Norfolk NERFINISHED

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Thetford hasLandmark Thetford Priory
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset burialPlace Thetford Priory
this entity surface form: Thetford Priory, Norfolk, England