Lanercost Priory

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Lanercost Priory is a medieval Augustinian monastic house in Cumbria, England, renowned for its well-preserved ruins and historical connections to the Anglo-Scottish border wars.

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Surface form Occurrences
Lanercost village 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Augustinian priory
medieval monastery
scheduled monument
attackedBy Scottish raiders
builtUsing stone from Hadrian's Wall
contains chapter house remains
monastic cloister ruins
nave of priory church
reused Roman stones
tower
transepts
country England
dedicatedTo St Mary Magdalene NERFINISHED
denomination Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
dissolvedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries NERFINISHED
dissolvedIn 1538
EdwardIStayedFrom 1306
EdwardIStayedUntil 1307
foundedAs Augustinian house
foundedBy Robert de Vaux NERFINISHED
de Vaux family NERFINISHED
foundedIn c. 1169
foundedInCentury 12th century
hasArchitecturalStyle Gothic architecture
Norman architecture NERFINISHED
hasFunction place of worship
tourist attraction
hasHeritageDesignation Grade I listed building
hasWebsite https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/lanercost-priory/
heritageDesignationAppliesTo priory church ruins
hosted King Edward I of England NERFINISHED
hostedEvent Edward I final campaign against Scotland
locatedIn City of Carlisle district NERFINISHED
Cumbria
Lanercost NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Anglo-Scottish Borders NERFINISHED
locatedNear Hadrian's Wall NERFINISHED
River Irthing NERFINISHED
managedBy English Heritage
notableFor Anglo-Scottish border wars connections
well-preserved monastic ruins
openToPublic yes
ownedBy English Heritage NERFINISHED
parishChurchDedicatedTo St Mary Magdalene NERFINISHED
partiallyUsedAs parish church
religiousOrder Augustinian Canons NERFINISHED
sufferedEvent repeated Scottish raids in 13th and 14th centuries
usedAs fortified site during border raids

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Brampton, Cumberland, England near Lanercost Priory
this entity surface form: Lanercost village
Brampton hasNearbyAttraction Lanercost Priory