priory churches
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Durham Cathedral
Durham, England
1242
Built 1093-1133, Durham Cathedral is considered one of the finest examples of Norman architecture in England.
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Priory Ruins
Coventry, England
Scheduled Ancient Monument. Exposed foundations on a sunk plot of ground; converted int a garden and immediatelyadjacent to houses above. Gully the base of the west front of the important Cathedral monastery of St Mary, founded l043, remains.
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Great Malvern Priory
Great Malvern, England
This splendid former priory church has a Norman nave, a huge collection of medieval tiles, a magnificent set of misericords, and lots of medieval stained glass.
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St. Oswald's Priory
Gloucester, England
900
One wall is all that remains of the New Minster founded by St Aethelflaed in 900, which contained the holy relics of St Oswald of Northumbria. It became an Augustinian priory in 1152.
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Saint-Révérien Church
Saint-Révérien, France
c. 1100
The 12th-century Church of St. Reverianus was a priory church affiliated with Cluny Abbey and a stop for pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela. It has important Romanesque capitals in the choir.
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Monymusk Parish Church
Monymusk, Scotland
Late 12th/early 13th century, originally Augustinian Priory Church, comprising aisle-less nave 52' 11" x 26" and chancel 52' 10" x 21' with W. tower 22' x 19' and about 60' high, thin coursed granite with sandstone dressings; simple round-arched W.