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Southwick Priory

England
List entry 1001902
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1001902
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.85 hectares
Grid reference
SU 62924 08401
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Southwick Priory is a medieval Augustinian priory located near Fareham in Hampshire, founded in the twelfth century as a house of Augustinian canons. The priory occupied a significant position within the local ecclesiastical hierarchy and benefited from considerable patronage during the medieval period. Substantial remains of the priory buildings survive today, including elements of the church and domestic ranges that reflect the layout and construction of a prosperous religious house. The site was dissolved during the Reformation in the sixteenth century, after which the buildings were adapted for secular use, with some structures remaining visible in the landscape to the present day.

Southwick Priory is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001902. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Southwick Priory?

Southwick Priory is a medieval Augustinian priory located near Fareham in Hampshire, founded in the twelfth century as a house of Augustinian canons. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001902.

Who is responsible for protecting Southwick Priory?

Southwick 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 1001902.

What other scheduled monuments are near Southwick Priory?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Former Board of Ordnance Gunwharf, HMS Vernon (8.5 km), Bastion No 1, Gosport Lines (8.9 km), Point Battery including King Edward's Tower and Square Tower (9.1 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
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Former Board of Ordnance Gunwharf, HMS Vernon
8.5 km
Bastion No 1, Gosport Lines
8.9 km
Point Battery including King Edward's Tower and Square Tower
9.1 km
Fort Blockhouse
9.2 km
Portsmouth Garrison church
9.2 km
Long Curtain, King's Bastion and Spur Redoubt
9.3 km
Gunboat Traverser System
9.5 km
A prehistoric round barrow, First World War practice trenches, and a Second World War Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery on Browndown Ranges (North)
10 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Southwick Priory

Southwick Priory stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Southwick Priory

Fishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~13 milesChichesterRoman town · ~14.5 milesWinchesterRoman town · ~15.9 milesBattle of Cheriton 1644Battle (1644) · ~13.3 miles
Domesday entry for Aplestede, Hampshire →
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