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Drax Augustinian Priory is a monastic foundation established in Yorkshire in the twelfth century as a house of Augustinian canons. The priory was founded circa 1120 and developed into a significant religious community with associated lands and properties across the region. Substantial remains of the priory church survive, demonstrating the architectural character of a substantial medieval monastic establishment. The site was dissolved during the English Reformation in the sixteenth century, after which the buildings fell into ruin, though notable structural elements of the medieval foundation remain visible today.
Drax Augustinian priory is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016857. View the official record →
Drax Augustinian Priory is a monastic foundation established in Yorkshire in the twelfth century as a house of Augustinian canons. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016857.
Drax Augustinian 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 1016857.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castle Hill moated site, 350m south of St Peter and St Paul's Church (2.5 km), Medieval settlement and early post-medieval garden earthworks around Barlow Hall (2.6 km), Scurff Hall moated site (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Drax Augustinian 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.
Drax Augustinian priory stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.