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Bilsington Priory is a Premonstratensian house founded in the early thirteenth century in the parish of Bilsington, near Ashford in Kent. The priory, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was established as a daughter house and remained relatively modest in scale compared to many English religious foundations. Today, fragmentary remains survive including sections of the precinct wall and earthworks that mark the former extent of the buildings, though substantial ruins of the church and monastic structures have been lost or reduced to foundation level. The site was dissolved during the Reformation in the mid-sixteenth century, and the priory lands subsequently passed into secular ownership.
Bilsington Priory is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018877. View the official record →
Bilsington Priory is a Premonstratensian house founded in the early thirteenth century in the parish of Bilsington, near Ashford in Kent. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018877.
Bilsington 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 1018877.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Royal Military Canal, Ham Street Bridge to Bilsington Bridge (3.2 km), Eastbridge Church (4.7 km), World War II underground operational post, 1/3 mile (540m) SW of Chapel Farm (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bilsington 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.
Bilsington Priory stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.