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The Site of Preceptory of Knights Hospitallers is a medieval religious and military establishment located in Cambridgeshire, England. The Knights Hospitallers, formally the Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, maintained this preceptory as part of their extensive network of commanderies across England during the medieval period. The preceptory functioned as both an administrative centre for the Order's properties and estates and as a base for the military-religious brotherhood, serving from at least the twelfth century through to the Reformation in the sixteenth century. Though now an archaeological site without standing structures, the preceptory's location and extent remain significant to understanding the Hospitallers' English holdings and their role in medieval Cambridgeshire society.
Site of Preceptory of Knights Hospitallers is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006852. View the official record →
The Site of Preceptory of Knights Hospitallers is a medieval religious and military establishment located in Cambridgeshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006852.
Site of Preceptory of Knights Hospitallers 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 1006852.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mile ditches (7.5 km), Bowl barrow: one of two round barrows on Pen Hills (7.7 km), Pond barrow: one of two round barrows on Pen Hills (7.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Site of Preceptory of Knights Hospitallers'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.
Site of Preceptory of Knights Hospitallers stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.