Llanthony Secunda Priory - Gloucester
Priory Junction, Gloucester GL2 5FA, England
URPoint Details
One of the richest priories in England.
Founded in 1136 by Miles de Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford, a great magnate based in the west of England and the Welsh Marches, hereditary Constable of England and Sheriff of Gloucestershire (who resided at Gloucester Castle), as a secondary house and refuge for the canons of Llanthony Priory in the Vale of Ewyas, within his Lordship of Brecknock in what is now Monmouthshire, Wales.
The surviving remains of the Priory were designated as Grade I listed in 1952
- Type:
- Landmark
Map Location
Priory Junction, Gloucester GL2 5FA, England