Hillersdon House, Elstow
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Hillersdon House, Elstow
Image: © Robin Drayton Taken: 16 May 2008
An information board states: The ruins are the remains of a mansion converted from the cloisters of Elstow Abbey, a large Benedictine nunnery on this site until surrendered to the Crown in 1539 at the dissolution of the monasteries. The standing remains are part of the main wing of the mansion, mostly built for Thomas Hillersdon in 1625 from the previous west range of the 14th century Abbey cloisters and adjoining the church. The mansion was mostly dismantled between 1767 and 1781 after the deaths of three Hillersdon sisters.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.114713
Longitude
-0.469614