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White Ladies Priory is a ruined Benedictine nunnery situated near Broseley in Shropshire, founded in the twelfth century as a daughter house of Alberbury Priory. The priory takes its name from the white habits worn by the Benedictine sisters who inhabited the site. The surviving ruins comprise fragments of the priory church, including portions of stone walls and architectural elements characteristic of medieval ecclesiastical construction. The site remained in use until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the sixteenth century, after which it gradually fell into decay.
White Ladies (St Leonard's) Priory is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015290. View the official record →
White Ladies Priory is a ruined Benedictine nunnery situated near Broseley in Shropshire, founded in the twelfth century as a daughter house of Alberbury Priory. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015290.
White Ladies (St Leonard'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 1015290.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Boscobel House (1.3 km), Moated site 150m south-west of Brewood Lodge (2.3 km), Moated site 330m south west of Humphreston Hall (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of White Ladies (St Leonard'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.
White Ladies (St Leonard's) Priory stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.