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St John's Priory is a medieval religious house located in Yorkshire, England. The priory dates to the medieval period and formed part of the network of monastic establishments that characterised the English landscape from the Norman period onwards. The site retains physical remains which reflect its former monastic function and institutional importance within the region's religious and social structure. Like many English priories, it experienced the upheaval of the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century, after which its lands and buildings passed into secular hands.
St John's Priory is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005787. View the official record →
St John's Priory is a medieval religious house located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005787.
St John'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 1005787.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pontefract Castle: part of late Saxon cemetery and town ditch, Norman motte and bailey castle and later medieval enclosure castle (0.4 km), Boundary cross on the corner of Ferrybridge Road and Stumpcross Lane (1.1 km), Ferrybridge Henge, a prehistoric enclosure, and two round barrows (2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of St John'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.
St John's Priory stands on Pennine Upper Coal Measures Formation, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.