St Botolph's Priory
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St Botolph's Priory
Image: © Keith Edkins Taken: 6 Aug 2018
Mid C12 conventual church of the Priory of St Botolph, founded at the beginning of the century as the first house of Augustinian Canons in England. Mostly stone and brick taken from Roman buildings. The church survived the suppression of the Priory in 1536 as it was a parish church, but was ruined in the siege of Colchester in 1648. Grade I listed.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.887411
Longitude
0.904243