Minting Benedictine Priory site: aerial 2022
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Minting Benedictine Priory site: aerial 2022
Image: © Simon Tomson Taken: 19 Sep 2022
A Benedictine priory, a cell of St Benoit-sur-Loire, founded before 1129 and granted by Ralph Earl of Chester. The earliest mention of a Prior is in 1213. The priory was dissolved in 1414. The site of the alien priory of Minting, suppressed by 1403. The site was granted in 1421 to Mount Grace Priory, North Yorkshire, as a grange. The earthworks visible represent stock compounds, yards, ponds and the grange buildings within a small moat. A broad hollow way connects the moat to the village. See: https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI43553&resourceID=1006
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Image Location
Latitude
53.245325
Longitude
-0.2271