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St Leonard's Priory is a medieval Benedictine religious house located in Lincolnshire, England. Founded in the twelfth century, the priory served as an important monastic settlement during the medieval period until its dissolution in the sixteenth century. The surviving ruins and archaeological remains preserve evidence of the priory's layout and construction, including stone foundations and structural fragments that testify to its former significance as a religious community. The site remains an important archaeological monument documenting monastic life and medieval ecclesiastical architecture in Lincolnshire.
Ruins and site of St Leonard's Priory is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007690. View the official record →
St Leonard's Priory is a medieval Benedictine religious house located in Lincolnshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007690.
Ruins and site of St Leonard's 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 1007690.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Michael's Priory rere-dorter (1.4 km), Wothorpe House (2.4 km), Uffington Bridge (2.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ruins and site of St Leonard's 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.
Ruins and site of St Leonard's Priory stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.