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Chapter Way, LONDON, SW19 2RE

I was lucky enough to be in a group who had been invited to photograph the remains of the Merton Priory for the first time before it opens to the public on 23rd September! Looking north-northeast.

I was lucky enough to be in a group who had been invited to photograph the remains of the Merton Priory for the first time before it opens to the public on 23rd September! Looking south-southwest.

Looking south-southwest.

The site of the Chapter House of Merton Priory. Merton was a major Augustinian priory, whose foundations are preserved in a chamber under Merantun Way. Merton Priory was established in AD1117 on its current site by Gilbert, sheriff of Surrey and received the manor of Merton from Henry I in 1121. Thomas Becket, later Archbishop of Canterbury, and Walter de Merton, founder of Merton College Oxford, were both educated at Merton Priory. The priory was surrendered to the crown in 1538 during the Dissolution under Henry VIII. Although most of its buildings were demolished, some remained standing. Planning permission has been granted for the Chapter house works. The development will replace the existing brick wall at the south of the enclosure with a new glass wall, as part of a programme of general improvements, to make the Chapter House more visible and improve the setting of the monument.

The site of the Chapter House of Merton Priory. Merton was a major Augustinian priory, whose foundations are preserved in a chamber under Merantun Way. Merton Priory was established in AD1117 on its current site by Gilbert, sheriff of Surrey and received the manor of Merton from Henry I in 1121. Thomas Becket, later Archbishop of Canterbury, and Walter de Merton, founder of Merton College Oxford, were both educated at Merton Priory. The priory was surrendered to the crown in 1538 during the Dissolution under Henry VIII. Although most of its buildings were demolished, some remained standing. Planning permission has been granted for the Chapter house works. The development will replace the existing brick wall at the south of the enclosure with a new glass wall, as part of a programme of general improvements, to make the Chapter House more visible and improve the setting of the monument.

Stone coffin. Seen at the site of the Chapter House of Merton Priory. Merton was a major Augustinian priory, whose foundations are preserved in a chamber under Merantun Way.

Stone coffin. Seen at the site of the Chapter House of Merton Priory. Merton was a major Augustinian priory, whose foundations are preserved in a chamber under Merantun Way.

Looking towards Sainsbury's on the left

A former dyeworks at Merton Abbey Mills, claimed (on a plaque on the building) to be "London's oldest industrial building" as it incorporates part of the medieval buildings of Merton Priory, although most of the building dates from 1742. It is grade 2 listed (List Entry Number 1080891) and now functions as a theatre.