North Yorkshire
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Nun Appleton Priory

Nun Appleton Priory was a priory near , , . It was founded as a nunnery c. 1150, by Eustace de Merch and his wife. It was dissolved by 1539, when the nuns were receiving pensions.
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  • Type: Historic house
  • Description: priory in North Yorkshire, UK
  • Also known as: “Nun Appleton Hall”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include All Saints’ Church, Ryther and Cawood Castle.

Church
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All Saints' Church is the parish church of , a village north-west of in Yorkshire, in England. The church was originally built around the time of the Norman Conquest, and it was recorded in the Domesday Book. is situated 1,700 feet south of Nun Appleton Priory.

Castle
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is a grade I listed building in , a village in , . The surviving fifteenth-century structures formed part of a fortified medieval palace belonging to the Archbishops of York, which was dismantled in the aftermath of the English Civil War. is situated 2 miles southeast of Nun Appleton Priory.

Aerodrome
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Church Fenton, formerly , is an and former Royal Air Force station located 4.3 miles south-east of , , and 6.3 miles north-west of , , near the village of . is situated 2 miles southwest of Nun Appleton Priory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bolton Percy and Cawood.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the county of , England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 305 in 115 households, reducing marginally to 304 at the 2011 census. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Nun Appleton Priory.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England that is notable as the location of the sword. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, belonged to the Liberty of , Wistow and Otley. is situated 2 miles southeast of Nun Appleton Priory.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the county of , England, four miles from on the . Its name comes from the Scandinavian personal name Úlfr, while skelf may be an Old English word meaning "a flat area", although it could be from the Old Scandinavian equivalent, 'skialf' as in several other English place names, e.g. , . is situated 2½ miles west of Nun Appleton Priory.

Nun Appleton Priory

Latitude
53.85247° or 53° 51′ 9″ north
Longitude
-1.15569° or 1° 9′ 21″ west
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
Open location code
9C5WVR2V+XP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 426881069
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­house
Geo­Names ID
11594066
Wiki­data ID
Q7069720
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From French to Swedish—“Nun Appleton Priory” goes by many names.

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