St Leonard's Priory, Stamford

St Leonard's Priory

Remains of the priory church from Francis Peck's Academia tertia Anglicana (1727)

St Leonard's Priory, Stamford was a priory^[1] in Lincolnshire, England. It was built in Stamford, supposedly on the site of a monastery which was founded by St Wilfrid in 658 and destroyed in the Danish invasion.^[2]

It was jointly refounded by William the Conqueror and William de St-Calais, the Bishop of Durham, in c1082 and remained a cell of Durham until its dissolution in 1538.^[3]

Part of the fine transitional west front and north arcade of the church survive. The ruins and site of St Leonard's Priory is a Scheduled Monument and the structure is a Grade I listed building.^[3][4]

See also

• Greyfriars, Stamford

References

1. Page, William, ed. (1906). "Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of St Leonard, Stamford". A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2. Institute of Historical Research. pp. 127–128. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
2. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, England (1977). The Town of Stamford. HMSO. p. 34. ISBN 9780117007123.
3. Historic England. "Ruins and site of St Leonard's Priory (Grade I) (1007690)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
4. Britishlistedbuildings retrieved 6 July 2013

External links

• Stamford Civic Society's description. See also their interpretation board.

Further reading

• Page, William, ed. (1906). "Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of St Leonard, Stamford". A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2. Victoria County History. pp. 127–128. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
• Hartley, John S; Rogers, Alan (1974). The Religious Foundations of Medieval Stamford. Stamford Survey Group. Vol. report 2. Nottingham University.

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