Mattersey Priory Ruins.
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Mattersey Priory Ruins.
Image: © Paul Eggleston Taken: 1 May 2007
Built 1185 in what must have been a lonely and remote spot by the River Idle. Housed 6 canons of the Order of St. Gilbert of Sempringham, and 10 lay brethren to cultivate the fields. Destroyed by fire 1279, and finally demolished with the monastic dissolution 1538.
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Image Location
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53.398287
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-0.944196