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Beeston Regis Priory is a Benedictine monastic foundation located in Norfolk, established in the early twelfth century as a cell dependent on the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Saëns in Normandy. The priory occupied a modest site and would have functioned primarily as a small religious community maintaining the spiritual and economic interests of its Norman mother house in England. The surviving remains, including fragmentary stone structures, attest to the medieval priory's architectural presence, though much of the site has been subject to degradation and loss since the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century. The priory represents an important example of the continuing Norman ecclesiastical influence in medieval Norfolk and the broader pattern of cross-Channel monastic dependency that characterised the post-Conquest period.
Beeston Regis Priory is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004021. View the official record →
Beeston Regis Priory is a Benedictine monastic foundation located in Norfolk, established in the early twelfth century as a cell dependent on the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Saëns in Normandy. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004021.
Beeston Regis 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 1004021.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Oval barrow with superimposed bowl barrow known as Howe's Hill, 500m WSW of Wood Farm (3.6 km), Wayside cross 650m south west of Park Farm (4.2 km), Gresham Castle (4.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Beeston Regis 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.
Beeston Regis Priory stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.