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Barlings Priory is a Premonstratensian monastery founded in the mid-twelfth century in Lincolnshire, established as part of the white canons' expansion across England. The priory occupied a substantial site and achieved considerable importance as a house of canons regular, maintaining lands and influence throughout the medieval period until its dissolution in the sixteenth century. Today the ruins reflect the typical layout of a monastic establishment, with fragmentary remains indicating the scale of the original conventual buildings. The site has been subject to archaeological investigation and remains of significance for understanding the monastic landscape of medieval Lincolnshire.
Barlings Priory is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005003. View the official record →
Barlings Priory is a Premonstratensian monastery founded in the mid-twelfth century in Lincolnshire, established as part of the white canons' expansion across England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005003.
Barlings Priory 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 1005003.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Four bowl barrows 310m south east of Barlings Abbey: part of Barlings-Stainfield barrow cemetery. (0.5 km), Round barrows and ring ditches 530m south east of Barlings Abbey: part of Barlings-Stainfield barrow cemetery (0.8 km), Site of medieval nunnery, post-Dissolution house and gardens (2.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Barlings Priory's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Barlings Priory stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.