Monument record BCG 001 - Priory of St Leonard
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TM 0385 5068 (178m by 149m) |
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Map sheet | TM05SW |
Civil Parish | GREAT BRICETT, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK |
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Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Priory of St Leonard.
Incorporated partially in Bricett Hall and Church of Saints Mary & Lawrence. Augustinian priory, founded 1114-1119, burnt down 1444 (?). Remains of priory church identified in present church, with a cloister to the N; W range partially survives in the Hall with a timber arcade - C13. No visible remains of N & E range (S1)(S2).
Spring 1926: some archaeological work, including excavations, was carried out by FH Fairweather. Details in (S3).
Sources/Archives (6)
- <S1> SSF50035 Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Brown B, XXVIII, 20, 21.
- <M1> SSF50035 Unpublished document: Basil Brown. Basil Brown Archive. Basil Brown archive: volume.
- <R1> SSF50048 Bibliographic reference: Victoria County History of Suffolk (Vol I 1911; Vol II 1907). VCH Suffolk, 2, 1907, 94-95.
- <S2> SSF50032 Index: OS. OS Card. OS, card TM05SW3.
- <R2> SSF50042 Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. PSIA, 19, 1926, 99, 109.
- <S3> SSF50042 Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Fairweather FH, `Excav's ... of... Augustinian Alien Priory of Gt Bricett ..', PSIA 19, 1926, 99-109.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
May 14 2019 12:28AM