Mattersey Priory, the church
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Mattersey Priory, the church
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 31 Mar 2011
The church appears always to have been a relatively simple structure, filling just this rectangle, with no separate aisles or chancel. This may well have been due to the fire in 1279 which destroyed much of the priory and which held back its further development.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.398372
Longitude
-0.943742