STAINFIELD PRIORY


Description:  Benedictine nunnery founded circa 1154 by Henry or William Percy and dissolved in 1536. It was a small, poor establishment intended to house up to 20 nuns. At its dissolution the remaining nuns were transfered to Stixwould priory. In 1538 it was granted to Sir Robert Tyrwhitt whose descendants constructed a large house, park and formal gardens on the site. Remains of the precinct boundary, fishpond complex and buildings are visible as earthworks and some as cropmarks. The priory of St Mary at Stainfield was the only nunnery of the Benedictine order in the old county of Lincolnshire. Scheduled.

Country:  ENGLAND

County:  LINCOLNSHIRE

District:  WEST LINDSEY

Parish:  STAINFIELD

Grid Reference:   TF11117324
TF11157299

Map Reference:  [EPSG:27700] 511110, 373240
[EPSG:27700] 511150, 372990

Period:  MEDIEVAL, 1154 - 1536

Subject:  BENEDICTINE NUNNERY, BUILDING, CROPMARK, EARTHWORK, FISHERY MOUND, FISHPOND, PRECINCT, PRIORY, RETTING POND

Identifiers: 
[ADS] Depositor Id: TF 17 SW 1
[ADS] Import RCN: NMR_NATINV-351572

People Involved: 
[Publisher] Historic England