Ankerwycke Priory
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| Ankerwycke Priory | |
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Buckinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 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]
References
- ↑ Bohn, H. G.; Gyll, G. W. J.: 'History of the Parish of Wraysbury, Ankerwycke Priory, and Magna Charta Island; with the History of Horton, and the town of Colnbrook, Bucks' (1862)