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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.]
Notes & Sources
1. West Yorkshire Coalfield, John Goodchild.The History Press Ltd., first edition, 1st July 2000).
2. Geograph SE3916 : Nostell railway station (site of). Yorkshire. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3471785. [Latest site access: 10th March 2022.]