Eye Priory
Eye Priory was a Benedictine Priory dedicated to St Peter in the town of Eye in the English county of Suffolk. It was founded by Robert Malet c. 1080, and was originally an Alien Priory dependent on Bernay Abbey in Normandy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Sandy Gerrard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Eye Castle and Ss Peter and Paul Church, Eye.
Eye Castle
Castle
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Eye Castle is a motte and bailey medieval castle with a prominent Victorian addition in the town of Eye, Suffolk. Built shortly after the Norman conquest of England in 1066, the castle was sacked and largely destroyed in 1265. Eye Castle is situated 1,900 feet southwest of Eye Priory.
Ss Peter and Paul Church, Eye
Church
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ss Peter & Paul Church is a Church of England parish church in the market town of Eye, Suffolk. It is a Grade I listed building for its historical and architectural importance. Ss Peter and Paul Church, Eye is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Eye Priory.
Eye Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Adrian Cable, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eye Town Hall is a municipal building in Broad Street in Eye, Suffolk, England. The building, which is the meeting place of Eye Town Council, is a Grade II* listed building. Eye Town Hall is situated 2,600 feet west of Eye Priory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brome and Braiseworth.
Brome
Village
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Brome is a village and former civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district, in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It lies on the A140 Norwich to Ipswich road around 1 mile northwest of Eye and 2 miles southeast of Diss near the border with Norfolk. Brome is situated 1½ miles northwest of Eye Priory.
Braiseworth
Hamlet
Braiseworth is a village in Suffolk, England. It has never reached any great size, and no longer has its own parish church. The medieval church was dismantled in the 1850s, parts being incorporated into the new church, consecrated in 1857 and designed by the Victorian "rogue" architect Edward Buckton Lamb, who also designed the controversial town hall at nearby Eye. Braiseworth is situated 2 miles southwest of Eye Priory.
Yaxley
Village
Yaxley is a small village just west of Eye in Suffolk, England. The name means 'cuckoo-clearing'. Yaxley is situated 2 miles west of Eye Priory.
Eye Priory
- Type: Historic site
- Description: monastery in Suffolk, England, UK
- Categories: priory, architectural structure, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Eye, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.3227° or 52° 19′ 22″ northLongitude
1.15743° or 1° 9′ 27″ eastOpen location code
9F4385F4+3XOpenStreetMap ID
node 460629695OpenStreetMap feature
historic=prioryWikidata ID
Q5422630
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