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Minting Priory is a Benedictine priory of medieval foundation located in the parish of Minting, Lincolnshire. The priory was established in the twelfth century and remained an active religious house until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century. The surviving remains comprise earthworks and fragmentary stone structures which reflect the priory's monastic layout, though substantial ruins no longer stand above ground level. The site represents an important example of the religious foundations that characterised medieval Lincolnshire's ecclesiastical landscape.
Minting Priory is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004956. View the official record →
Minting Priory is a Benedictine priory of medieval foundation located in the parish of Minting, Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004956.
Minting 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 1004956.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long Barrow 135m North of Middle Farm, near Wispington (4.1 km), Site of All Hallows Church (5.8 km), Tupholme Abbey: a Premonstratensian abbey and post-medieval houses and formal gardens (6.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Minting 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.
Minting Priory stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.