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Frithelstock Priory

England
List entry 1009304
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009304
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.53 hectares
Grid reference
SS 46398 19516
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Frithelstock Priory is a medieval Benedictine priory located in Devon, founded in the eleventh century and dedicated to Saint Gregory. The priory was established as a daughter house and became a significant religious centre in North Devon, maintaining possession of lands and churches across the region throughout the medieval period. Substantial stone remains survive today, including parts of the priory church and associated conventual buildings, which reflect the architectural traditions of medieval monastic design. The site was dissolved during the English Reformation in the sixteenth century, after which the buildings were adapted for secular use, with some elements incorporated into the later residential structures that occupy the location.

Frithelstock Priory is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009304. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Frithelstock Priory?

Frithelstock Priory is a medieval Benedictine priory located in Devon, founded in the eleventh century and dedicated to Saint Gregory. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009304.

Who is responsible for protecting Frithelstock Priory?

Frithelstock 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 1009304.

What other scheduled monuments are near Frithelstock Priory?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hembury Castle (4 km), Churchyard cross pedestal at Langtree, 11m south east of the church (4.2 km), Round barrow on south east of Darracott Moor (5.7 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Hembury Castle
4 km
Churchyard cross pedestal at Langtree, 11m south east of the church
4.2 km
Round barrow on south east of Darracott Moor
5.7 km
Bowl barrow on south eastern side of Darracott Moor, 750m WSW of Belle Vue Lodge
5.7 km
Round barrow on Darracott Moor
5.8 km
Round barrow to the east of Darracott Moor, crossed by the B3232
5.9 km
Two bowl barrows south of Haycroft, Huntshaw
6 km
Hillfort known as Castle Hill Settlement, 350m south of Woolleigh Bridge
6.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Frithelstock Priory

Frithelstock Priory stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Frithelstock Priory

Battle of Stratton 1643Battle (1643) · ~16.6 miles
Domesday entry for Frithelstock, Devon →
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