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St. Albans Way, THETFORD, IP24 1DD

With 5 birds on.

Canterbury Way approaches the Abbey Estate and a 20mph speed restriction.

Looking along Canterbury Way which forms the spine of this Thetford housing estate; all the roads here are named after cathedral cities.

Well preserved 14th century gatehouse https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1017669?section=official-listing

As seen from the footbridge over the rails.

An information board showing an aerial reconstruction of the priory as it might have looked in 1540. Thetford Cluniac Priory, dedicated to St Mary, was established in 1103 and moved to the present site in 1107 with the River Little Ouse flowing along the southern boundary. It became one of the larger and wealthier religious foundations in Norfolk before its dissolution in 1540. The ruins include the standing and buried remains of the monastic church and conventual buildings and the remains of water control features to the south and west of these. Listed, grade I, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1297875 A Scheduled Ancient Monument with much history and detail at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1017669 Once the ancient capital of East Anglia, Thetford is a market town established at a crossing of the River Little Ouse. A major centre of Boudica’s Iceni tribe, there is an Iron Age fort. Later came a Norman castle and an important priory. Thetford is the birthplace of 18th century radical Thomas Paine, whose thinking encouraged American independence and the abolition of slavery. After World War II, Thetford became an "overspill town", taking people from London.

The prior's lodgings. Thetford Cluniac Priory, dedicated to St Mary, was established in 1103 and moved to the present site in 1107 with the River Little Ouse flowing along the southern boundary. It became one of the larger and wealthier religious foundations in Norfolk before its dissolution in 1540. The ruins include the standing and buried remains of the monastic church and conventual buildings and the remains of water control features to the south and west of these. Listed, grade I, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1297875 A Scheduled Ancient Monument with much history and detail at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1017669 Once the ancient capital of East Anglia, Thetford is a market town established at a crossing of the River Little Ouse. A major centre of Boudica’s Iceni tribe, there is an Iron Age fort. Later came a Norman castle and an important priory. Thetford is the birthplace of 18th century radical Thomas Paine, whose thinking encouraged American independence and the abolition of slavery. After World War II, Thetford became an "overspill town", taking people from London.

Prior's Lodging viewed from cellar west of the main cloister https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1017669?section=official-listing