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Hatfield Priory is a Benedictine priory founded in the twelfth century in Essex, England. The priory was established as a daughter house and served as a religious community throughout the medieval period until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century. Today, the site retains fragmentary remains of the priory buildings, including portions of stone walls and architectural elements that reflect its medieval monastic layout. The surviving structures provide evidence of the priory's domestic and ecclesiastical arrangement, though the site has undergone considerable changes and adaptation over subsequent centuries.
Hatfield Priory is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002150. View the official record →
Hatfield Priory is a Benedictine priory founded in the twelfth century in Essex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002150.
Hatfield 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 1002150.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wickham Bishops timber trestle railway viaduct (2.8 km), Complex of cropmarks including barrows E of Hoemill Barns (3.4 km), Blunts Hall ringwork (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hatfield 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.
Hatfield Priory stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.