Augustinian nunnery known as Moxby Priory including mill and post Dissolution garden features

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History & significance

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 →

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