Location within the City of Lancaster district | |
Monastery information | |
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Established | 1207 or 1208 |
Disestablished | 1477 |
Architecture | |
Status | Priory |
Functional status | Demolished |
Site | |
Location | Cockerham, Lancashire, England |
Coordinates | 53°57′36″N 2°49′13″W / 53.9601°N 2.8204°W / 53.9601; -2.8204 |
Grid reference | SD 4626 5185 |
Visible remains | None |
Cockerham Priory was a priory served by Austin Canons in Cockerham, Lancashire, England. St Michael's Church was granted to Leicester Abbey c. 1153–54, with some land. The priory was founded in 1207 or 1208 as a cell of the Abbey of St Mary de Pratis ("St Mary in the Meadows") in Leicester.
References
Footnotes
- ^ Pastscape Archived 2014-06-06 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2014-06-03
- Farrer & Brownbill (1908), pp. 152–53
- British History Accessed 2014-06-03
Sources
- Farrer, William; Brownbill, J., eds. (1908), "Houses of Austin Canons — The Priory of Cockerham", A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 2, Constable
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