Priory Road, Davington
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Priory Road, Davington
Image: © Marathon Taken: 1 Nov 2014
Priory Road was named after the nearby Davington Priory. Davington Priory was founded in 1153 for a prioress and her 26 Benedictine nuns, but unlike most monasteries was not dissolved by Henry VIII. It just petered out in 1535 when the last nun died. Without an owner it became the property of the Crown. Henry promptly sold it and the buildings remained in private ownership for nearly 400 years. What survived of the nuns' quarters became a private house. Thomas Willement restored both the house and the nearby church when he bought them in 1845. Davington Priory is now best-known for being the home of Bob Geldof.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.320148
Longitude
0.883035