Andwell Priory
| Andwell Priory | |
|
Hampshire | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU688525 |
| Location: | 51°16’6"N, 1°-0’51"W |
| Village: | Andwell |
| Order: | Benedictine |
| History | |
| Established: | early 12th century |
| Founder: | Adam de Port of Mapledurwell |
| Information | |
| Condition: | Some walls and doorways remain |
| Owned by: | Winchester College |
Andwell Priory was a priory of Benedictine monks in Andwell, Hampshire. It was founded as an 'alien priory', by the Tironesians, based in France, but later become part of the estates of Winchester College.
This was a small priory, founded as a cell of the great Benedictine abbey of Tiron in the twelfth century by Adam de Port (d. c. 1133) of nearby Mapledurwell. The grant of lands in Up Nately and other rents were confirmed by a charter of King Henry I.
William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, purchased Andwell from the abbey of Tiron in the later part of the reign of King 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.
Outside links
- Up Nately and Andwell: Institute of Historical Research
References
- A History of the County of Hampshire - Volume 2 pp 223-225: Alien houses: Priory of Andwell (Victoria County History)
- Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Hampshire & The Isle of Wight, 1967 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09606-4
