1. Nostell Priory
A colour print of the mansion, published in 1880.
A brief account of the history of Nostell Priory.
(The Priory Church of Saint Oswald, Nostell)
The priory was an Augustinian Canons Regular community,
founded c.1114 by Robert de Lacy; it was transferred to a new site before 1120
(possibly not occupied until 1122).
It was
dissolved 1539 (1540) and granted to Thomas Leigh 1539/40.
The
site now is now occupied by the mansion named 'Nostell Priory'.
Woodkirk Priory (Widkirk)
Location: Dewsbury Road, Woodkirk.
This was an
Augustinian Canons Regular cell dependent on Nostell;
founded 1138-47 (before 1135) by William de Warenne and others, who granted chapel of St Mary to Nostell; dissolved 1539 (1540); granted to George Talbot and Robert Savill.
See Nostell Priory at Wikipedia for more information.
[Site accessed 16th October 2018.]
