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Isleham Priory is an alien Benedictine priory founded in the twelfth century in Cambridgeshire, established as a dependency of the French monastery of Zarnac. The priory, located approximately one hundred metres west of St Andrew's Church in the parish, comprised domestic and ecclesiastical structures typical of monastic foundations of its period, though substantial remains are now limited. As an alien house, the priory maintained ties to its Norman parent monastery until the suppression of alien priories in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, after which its lands and buildings passed into secular ownership. The site retains archaeological significance as evidence of monastic settlement and organisation in medieval Cambridgeshire.
Isleham priory: an alien Benedictine priory 100m west of St Andrew's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013278. View the official record →
Isleham Priory is an alien Benedictine priory founded in the twelfth century in Cambridgeshire, established as a dependency of the French monastery of Zarnac. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013278.
Isleham priory: an alien Benedictine priory 100m west of St Andrew's Church 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 1013278.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Freckenham Castle (remains of) (3.7 km), Bowl barrow in Isleham Plantation (3.8 km), Lumber Hill bowl barrow, 720m ENE of Chippenham Stud (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Isleham priory: an alien Benedictine priory 100m west of St Andrew's Church'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.
Isleham priory: an alien Benedictine priory 100m west of St Andrew's Church stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.