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Fordham Abbey and Priory

History of Fordham Priory

Listed Building

Small country house mid C18 rebuilt from an earlier mansion c.1710 on the site of the Gilbertine priory.

A Gilbertine priory dedicated to St Peter and Mary Magdalene was founded by the Canons of the order of Sempringham immediately before 1227.

In 1279 the Prior held a house, a watermill and 14 acres of arable land.

When the order was dissolved in 1538 there were only the Prior and two other canons in residence. None of the Priory buildings have survived. Fordham Abbey on the site dates from c.1710.

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