Weybridge Priory
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Weybridge Priory was an Augustinian
priory A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. They were created by the Catholic Church. Priories may be monastic houses of monks or nuns (such as the Benedictines, the Cistercians, or t ...
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Acle Acle ( ) is a market town on the River Bure on the The Broads, Norfolk Broads in Norfolk, located halfway between Norwich and Great Yarmouth. It has the only bridge across the River Bure between Wroxham and Great Yarmouth.Ordnance Survey (2005). ...
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, that was founded in the early 12th century, at some distance from the centre of the village, but next to an important ford over the
River Bure The River Bure is a river in the county of Norfolk, England, most of it in the Broads.Ordnance Survey (2005). ''OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads''. . The Bure rises near Melton Constable, upstream of Aylsham, which was the original head of ...
. It was dissolved at the dissolution of the monasteries, and its stones were removed for local secular buildings to such an extent that the site of the priory is sometimes mistaken.Norfolk Heritage Explorer: AcleNorfolk Heritage NHER 8601
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Monasteries in Norfolk Augustinian monasteries in England 12th-century establishments in England Christian monasteries established in the 12th century 1530s disestablishments in England {{UK-Christian-monastery-stub