Swavesey Priory
Swavesey Priory was a medieval monastic house in the village of Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, England. A church existed in Swavesey at the time of the Norman Conquest, when Alan, Count of Richmond, granted it to the Benedictine Abbey of St Sergius and St Bacchus in Angers, France.Photo: Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: priory in Swavesey, South Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Priory earthworks”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mare Fen and White Horse Inn.
Mare Fen
Nature reserve
Photo: Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mare Fen is a 16.3 hectare Local Nature Reserve north of Swavesey in Cambridgeshire, England. It is owned by Cambridgeshire County Council, and was formerly managed by the Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Naturalists Trust, but as of December 2016 it is not listed on the Trust's web site.
White Horse Inn
Pub
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
White Horse Inn is a pub, which is situated 1,400 feet south of Swavesey Priory.
Fen Drayton Lakes
Nature reserve
Fen Drayton Lakes is a complex of lakes, lagoons, ponds and a river, situated close to Fen Drayton, Holywell and Swavesey in Cambridgeshire, England. The complex was formerly a gravel extraction site until 1992 when gravel production ceased and the pits were allowed to flood to provide a nature reserve and bird sanctuary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swavesey and Over.
Swavesey
Village
Swavesey is a village lying on the Prime Meridian of the world in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 2,463. The village is situated 9 miles to the north west of Cambridge and 3 miles south east of St Ives.
Over
Village
Photo: Uksignpix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Over is a large village near the River Great Ouse in the English county of Cambridgeshire, just east of the prime meridian. The parish covers an area of approximately 2,535 acres.
Fen Drayton
Village
Photo: Keith Edkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fen Drayton is a small village between Cambridge and St. Ives in Cambridgeshire, England, and between the villages of Fenstanton and Swavesey. The village has a primary school, village hall, nursery, tennis courts and football fields, where Drayton Lions Football Club play their home matches, and a pub. Fen Drayton is situated 1½ miles west of Swavesey Priory.
Swavesey Priory
- Categories: priory, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Swavesey, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.30554° or 52° 18′ 20″ northLongitude
-0.00307° or 0° 0′ 11″ westOpen location code
9C4X8X4W+6QOpenStreetMap ID
way 1331677088OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q7654063
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