Sandwell Priory
Ruined medieval Benedictine monastery, near West Bromwich, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sandwell Priory was a small medieval Benedictine monastery, near West Bromwich, then part of Staffordshire, England. It was founded in the late 12th century by a local landowner and was only modestly endowed. It had a fairly turbulent history and suffered considerably from mismanagement. It was dissolved in 1525 at the behest of Cardinal Wolsey – more than a decade before the main Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII.
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Full name | The Priory of St Mary Magdalene of Sandwell |
Other names | Communis Sancte Marie Madalena de Sandwelle |
Order | Benedictine |
Established | c. 1190 |
Disestablished | 1525 |
Dedicated to | Mary Magdalene |
Diocese | Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield |
Controlled churches | Ellesborough St Clement's (now All Saints') Church, West Bromwich (farmed from Worcester Priory after 1230) |
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Founder(s) | William Fitz Guy of West Bromwich |
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Site | |
Location | Sandwell Valley Country Park |
Coordinates | 52.5198°N 1.9648°W / 52.5198; -1.9648 |
Visible remains | Low walls indicating the plan of the priory church. |
Official name | Sandwell Priory, a Benedictine monastery |
Designated | 2 July 1974 |
Reference no. | 1017763 |
Public access | yes |
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