Sandwell Priory
Sandwell Priory was a small medieval Benedictine monastery, near West Bromwich, then part of Staffordshire, England. It was founded in the late 12th century by a local landowner and was only modestly endowed.Photo: Sjwells53, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: medieval Benedictine monastery, near West Bromwich, England
- Also known as: “Communis Sancte Marie Madalena de Sandwelle”, “Sandwell Priory, a Benedictine monastery”, and “The Priory of St Mary Magdalene of Sandwell”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Hawthorns and Handsworth Cemetery.
The Hawthorns
Stadium
Photo: Mattd1991, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hawthorns is an all-seater football stadium in West Bromwich, in the Black Country borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England, with a capacity of 27,087. The Hawthorns is situated 3,900 feet south of Sandwell Priory.
Handsworth Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Roy Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Handsworth Cemetery is situated 2,600 feet southeast of Sandwell Priory.
Dartmouth Park
Park
Photo: Elliott Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dartmouth Park is a public park in West Bromwich, in West Midlands, England, about 0.5 miles east of the town centre and west of Sandwell Valley Country Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Bromwich and Lyng.
West Bromwich
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
West Bromwich, commonly known as West Brom, is a market town in the borough of Sandwell, in the county of the West Midlands, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is 5 miles northwest of Birmingham.
Lyng
Hamlet
Lyng is a residential area of West Bromwich in the West Midlands of England. It is situated in the south of the town near the border with Oldbury - and part of Oldbury's Ring Road actually borders the southern part of the area.
Tantany
Hamlet
Tantany is a residential area of West Bromwich. It is situated to the north of the town centre and consists predominantly of council housing constructed during the 1920s.
Sandwell Priory
- Categories: ruins, priory, monastery, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Sandwell, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.51989° or 52° 31′ 12″ northLongitude
-1.96482° or 1° 57′ 53″ westInception
~1190Open location code
9C4WG29P+X3OpenStreetMap ID
way 130705902OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q7417058
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Russian—“Sandwell Priory” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Sandwell Priory”
- Russian: “Сэндуэлл”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Sand Well and Black Country Millennium Forest.
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