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Priory of St Pancras

England
List entry 1021400
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021400
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.4 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 41400 09631, TQ 41411 09547
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Priory of St Pancras is a Benedictine priory founded in the eleventh century at Lewes in Sussex, established as a daughter house of Cluny Abbey in Normandy. The priory became one of the most important monastic foundations in Sussex and exercised considerable spiritual and temporal authority throughout the medieval period. The site retains fragmentary architectural remains including portions of the priory church and associated monastic buildings, which reflect its significance as a major religious centre during the High and Late Medieval periods. The priory was dissolved during the Reformation in the sixteenth century, after which its buildings were progressively demolished or converted to secular use.

Priory of St Pancras is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021400. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Priory of St Pancras?

Priory of St Pancras is a Benedictine priory founded in the eleventh century at Lewes in Sussex, established as a daughter house of Cluny Abbey in Normandy. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021400.

Who is responsible for protecting Priory of St Pancras?

Priory of St Pancras 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 1021400.

What other scheduled monuments are near Priory of St Pancras?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross dyke on Telscombe Tye (6.6 km), Pedlersburgh: a bowl barrow on Telscombe Tye (7.1 km), Bowl barrow on Telscombe Tye, 650m south west of Pedlersburgh (7.8 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
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Cross dyke on Telscombe Tye
6.6 km
Pedlersburgh: a bowl barrow on Telscombe Tye
7.1 km
Bowl barrow on Telscombe Tye, 650m south west of Pedlersburgh
7.8 km
Multiple ring-ditch at Mount Pleasant, Denton
8.4 km
Long Barrow on Beacon Hill
8.5 km
Long barrow on Beacon Hill, 160m north west of the windmill
8.6 km
Bowl Barrow on Peacehaven Heights, 242m south-west of Warren Court
9.5 km
Bowl barrow, the north westernmost barrow of a group of six bowl barrows, forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Rookery Hill
9.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Priory of St Pancras

Priory of St Pancras stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Priory of St Pancras

Battle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~1.5 miles
Domesday entry for Lewes, Sussex →
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