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Remains of Blackborough Priory is a Benedictine priory located in Norfolk, established in the twelfth century as a daughter house of the Norman abbey of Saint-Saëns in Normandy. The priory survives today as fragmentary masonry ruins, including portions of the conventual buildings and church, which testify to its medieval construction and subsequent decay following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century. The site retains archaeological and architectural significance as evidence of monastic settlement and religious life in medieval Norfolk, though the extent of surviving structural remains is limited.
Remains of Blackborough Priory is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016483. View the official record →
Remains of Blackborough Priory is a Benedictine priory located in Norfolk, established in the twelfth century as a daughter house of the Norman abbey of Saint-Saëns in Normandy. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016483.
Remains of Blackborough 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 1016483.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Village cross, 30m south of Cross Hill Farm (2.4 km), Motte and bailey castle in Wormegay village (2.7 km), Remains of Pentney Priory at Abbey Farm (3.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Remains of Blackborough 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.
Remains of Blackborough Priory stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is sandstone and siltstone, interbedded.