Ankerwycke Priory

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Ankerwycke Priory

Buckinghamshire

Ruins of Ankerwyke Priory.jpg
The ruins of Ankerwycke Priory
Location
Grid reference: TQ00427268
Location: 51°26’39"N, 0°33’23"W
Order: Benedictine
History
Founded: 1160
Dissolved: 1536
Information
Condition: Bare ruins
Owned by: National Trust

Ankerwycke Priory was a priory of Benedictine nuns in the south of Buckinghamshire. Its ruins stand in the extensive meadows of Ankerwycke, which are owned by the National Trust, lying along the north bank of the River Thames, opposite Runnymede.

The priory was established around 1160 during the reign of King Henry II, and dedicated to St Mary Magdalene. It was dissolved at the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536.[1]

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