St Oswald's Priory

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St Oswald's Priory

Image: © Philip Halling Taken: 7 Feb 2023

The ruins of St Oswald's an Anglo-Saxon Minster and Medieval Priory. The church was originally built around the year 900 by Aethelflaed, the daughter of Alfred the Great. The priory was dissolved in 1537 at the time of the reformation.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.869313
Longitude
-2.248021