Aldermanshaw Priory

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Aldermanshaw Priory
Aldermanshaw Priory is located in Leicestershire
Aldermanshaw Priory
Location within Leicestershire
Monastery information
OrderCluniac
EstablishedC.1220-35
DisestablishedIn ruins c.1450
Mother houseBermondsey Abbey
DioceseDiocese of Lincoln
Site
LocationWoodhouse,[1] Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, England
Coordinates52°43′34″N 1°15′29″W / 52.726005°N 1.257961°W / 52.726005; -1.257961Coordinates: 52°43′34″N 1°15′29″W / 52.726005°N 1.257961°W / 52.726005; -1.257961
Grid referenceSK50211452
Visible remainsNone. Materials may have been reused in later house on the site.

Aldermanshaw Priory is a former Cluniac Priory, located within the Charnwood Forest, in Leicestershire, England.

History[]

Aldermanshaw Priory was founded c.1220-1235. It was a cell (a small monastery dependent upon a motherhouse) of Bermondsey Abbey, in London.[2] The name is thought to refer to Alwin (or Alwinus) Child, the founder of the priory's motherhouse at Bermondsey.[3]

The priory was in ruins by 1450.[2]

The priory was in the hamlet of Woodhouse. In the 17th century a cottage, known as Alderman's Haw, was built on the site. The age of some of the stones used to construct the two-story rubble cottage suggests it may incorporate materials from the earlier priory.[2][4]

References[]

  1. ^ Curtis (1831)
  2. ^ a b c "Aldermans Haw", English Heritage PastScape
  3. ^ James Bell, "A new and comprehensive gazetteer of England and Wales, illustr. by a series of maps. 4 vols. [in 2]." (1836)
  4. ^ Curtis, John (1831) A Topographical History of the County of Leicester. Ashby-de-la-Zouch: W. Hextall; p. 1
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