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St Leonard's Priory is a medieval religious house located at Wombridge in Shropshire, founded as an Augustinian priory. The priory was established in the twelfth century and functioned as a community of canons regular until its dissolution in the sixteenth century. The surviving structures, including elements incorporated into and adjacent to the Church of St Mary and St Leonard, demonstrate the scale and permanence of the medieval monastic establishment. The priory church and associated claustral buildings formed the core of this important ecclesiastical centre, which exercised significant spiritual and economic influence within the region throughout the medieval period.
St Leonard's Priory immediately adjacent to the Church of St Mary and St Leonard, Wombridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020661. View the official record →
St Leonard's Priory is a medieval religious house located at Wombridge in Shropshire, founded as an Augustinian priory. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020661.
St Leonard's Priory immediately adjacent to the Church of St Mary and St Leonard, Wombridge 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 1020661.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Part of a small Roman town, the Roman road called Watling Street and a mansio 255m north west of Upper Woodhouse Farm (3.7 km), Coal mining remains 350m north west and 520m north of New Works village (4.1 km), Churchyard of St James's Church (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of St Leonard's Priory immediately adjacent to the Church of St Mary and St Leonard, Wombridge'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 Leonard's Priory immediately adjacent to the Church of St Mary and St Leonard, Wombridge stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.