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Thoby Priory is a Benedictine priory founded in the twelfth century in Essex. The site preserves remains of the priory church and associated monastic buildings, though substantial portions have been lost to time and later land use. The surviving fabric demonstrates the typical stone construction of a medieval religious house of modest scale. The priory remained in operation until its dissolution in the sixteenth century as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII.
Thoby Priory is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005560. View the official record →
Thoby Priory is a Benedictine priory founded in the twelfth century in Essex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005560.
Thoby 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 1005560.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman villa 100m north west of Handley Barns (3.6 km), Moated site at Fingrith Hall Farm (5.3 km), Moated site 210m south east of Brizes (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Thoby 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.
Thoby Priory stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.