Clatford Priory, also called Hullavington Priory, was a priory in
Wiltshire
Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershire ...
, England.
The churches at
Hullavington
Hullavington is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, just to the north of the M4 motorway. The village lies about southwest of Malmesbury and north of Chippenham.
The Fosse Way, a Roman road, forms the western boundary of the par ...
and Surrendell, both southwest of Malmesbury, were granted to the
Benedictine
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, foun ...
abbey of Saint-Victor-en-Caux (
Saint-Victor-l'Abbaye
Saint-Victor-l'Abbaye () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.
Geography
A farming village situated by the banks of the river Scie in the Pays de Caux, some south of Dieppe at the junction ...
, Seine-Maritime) in the late 11th or early 12th century, and the establishment later gained the manors of Hullavington and
Clatford
Clatford is a small hamlet (formerly a village) approximately west of the village of Manton and about west of Marlborough, which is the nearest town, in Wiltshire, England. It is just south of the River Kennet and the A4 primary route.
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, west of Marlborough. Priors are intermittently recorded from 1261 until about 1390. In 1441 the priory's land was given to
Eton College
Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, C ...
.
References
Monasteries in Wiltshire
Benedictine monasteries in England
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