Andwell Priory

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Andwell Priory

Monastery information
Full name	Priory of St. Mary at Andwell
Order	Benedictine monks
Established	early 12th century
Mother house	Tiron
Dedicated to	St. Mary
Controlled churches	Stratton, Hinton
People
Founder(s)	Adam de Port of Mapledurwell
Site
Location	Andwell, Hampshire, England
Coordinates	51°16′06″N 1°00′51″W / 51.2683°N 1.0142°W / 51.2683; -1.0142
Visible remains	some walls and doorways

Andwell Priory is an alien priory of Benedictine monks in Andwell, Hampshire, England.

This small priory was founded as a cell of the great Benedictine abbey of Tiron in the twelfth century by Adam de Port of nearby Mapledurwell. The grant of lands in Up Nately and other rents were confirmed by a charter of King Henry I of England.

William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, purchased Andwell from the abbey of Tiron in the later part of the reign of Richard II and bestowed it and its lands on his newly founded college at Winchester, to which it still belongs.

The premises were very small and not much remains. The north, west and east flint walls of the church survive, as do two modest 14th century doorways that were part of the west range.

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• A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 2, The Victoria County History 1973
• The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Nikolaus Pevsner and David Lloyd