Brightley Priory

Brightley Priory was founded in 1133 as a Cistercian monastery. It was built in 1136 and was situated about two miles north of Okehampton in Devon. It was abandoned by the monks after only five years on their removal to a nearby site which became Forde Abbey.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Okehampton Interchange railway station and Okehampton Castle.

Okehampton Interchange railway station

Railway station

Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Okehampton Interchange is a railway station in Okehampton, Devon on the Dartmoor Line. The station is sited off Exeter Road, by the Business Park and close to the junction with the A30, in the Stockley Hamlet area of Okehampton. Okehampton Interchange railway station is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Brightley Priory.

Okehampton Castle

Photo: john spivey, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Okehampton Castle is a medieval motte and bailey castle in Devon, England. It was built between 1068 and 1086 by Baldwin FitzGilbert following a revolt in Devon against Norman rule, and formed the centre of the Honour of Okehampton, guarding a crossing point across the West Okement River. Okehampton Castle is situated 2 miles southwest of Brightley Priory.

Okehampton railway station

Railway station

Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Okehampton railway station is a terminus railway station on the Dartmoor line serving the town of Okehampton in Devon, England. The station closed to regular traffic in 1972, but heritage and occasional mainline services ran from 1997 to 2019. Okehampton railway station is situated 2 miles south of Brightley Priory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Okehampton and Belstone Corner.

Okehampton

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Okehampton is a market town in Dartmoor, Devon, England, on the edge of Dartmoor National Park with direct access onto the moor.

Belstone Corner

Locality

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Belstone Corner is a village in West Devon in the English county of Devon, part of the civil parish of Sampford Courtenay. The Sampford Courtenay railway station, on the Exeter to Okehampton line, is at Belstone Corner and originally bore this name. Belstone Corner is situated 2 miles northeast of Brightley Priory.

Belstone

Village

Photo: Graham Loveland, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Belstone is a small village and civil parish in the West Devon District of Devon, England. Belstone is situated 2½ miles southeast of Brightley Priory.

Brightley Priory

Type: Historical site
Description: former priory in Devon, England
Categories: priory, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.75872° or 50° 45′ 31″ north

Longitude

-3.98771° or 3° 59′ 16″ west

Elevation

446 feet (136 metres)

Open location code

9C2RQ256+FW

GeoNames ID

11549224

Wikidata ID

Q4967544

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