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Moxby Priory is a ruined Augustinian nunnery situated in North Yorkshire, England, founded in the twelfth century as a house for canonesses regular. The priory occupied a site with significant water management infrastructure, including a mill powered by the local watercourse, reflecting the economic importance of milling operations to the convent's sustenance and revenue. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century, the site underwent transformation with the development of garden features that demonstrate the adaptation of former monastic landscapes to secular domestic use. Fragmentary remains of the priory buildings survive, along with earthwork evidence of its medieval and post-Dissolution phases, providing archaeological testimony to both its religious function and its subsequent repurposing as a private estate.
Augustinian nunnery known as Moxby Priory including mill and post Dissolution garden features is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013088. View the official record →
Moxby Priory is a ruined Augustinian nunnery situated in North Yorkshire, England, founded in the twelfth century as a house for canonesses regular. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013088.
Augustinian nunnery known as Moxby Priory including mill and post Dissolution garden features is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1013088.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Deserted village of Marton in the Forest (1.4 km), Icehouse 75m north west of Sutton Hall (2.7 km), Moated site known as The Rush (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Augustinian nunnery known as Moxby Priory including mill and post Dissolution garden features's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Augustinian nunnery known as Moxby Priory including mill and post Dissolution garden features stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.