St Osyth’s Priory

St Osyth's Abbey is a historic monastic site and former country house in , , . Originating as an Augustinian abbey and one of the county’s most prominent medieval religious houses, it was dissolved in 1539 and subsequently developed into a major landed estate.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: Grade I listed priory in St Osyth, Essex, England, UK
  • Also known as: “St Osyth Priory Gatehouse” and “St. Osyth’s Abbey”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Howlands Marsh and Jaywick Martello Tower.

Nature reserve
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 29.9-hectare nature reserve north-east of in . It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. It is part of the Colne Estuary Site of Special Scientific Interest Special Protection Area and Ramsar site, and the Blackwater Flats and Marshes Nature Conservation Review site.

Arts center
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is a renovated at , 2.7 miles south-west of , . It now functions as an arts, heritage and community venue. It is a Grade II listed building and a scheduled monument. is situated 2 miles southeast of St Osyth’s Priory.

Forest
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a 37.3-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between and in . The site has varied ancient pedunculate oak and hazel in some areas and oak and hornbeam in others, as well as chestnut coppice. is situated 1½ miles north of St Osyth’s Priory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Point Clear and Lee-over-Sands.

Village
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the civil parish of , south-west of the village of St Osyth and on the other side of St Osyth Creek, a branch of the Colne Estuary in the Tendring district, in the county of , England.

Hamlet
is a small coastal hamlet in the civil parish of , in the Tendring district of , England. It is located close to the mouth of the River Colne into the . is situated 2 miles southwest of St Osyth’s Priory.

Suburb
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a coastal village in the Tendring district of , England, 2 miles west of . It lies on the coast of England, 60 miles from London and 17 miles from . is situated 2½ miles southeast of St Osyth’s Priory.

St Osyth’s Priory

Latitude
51.79914° or 51° 47′ 57″ north
Longitude
1.07487° or 1° 4′ 30″ east
Open location code
9F33Q3XF+MW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 133332624
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q7590886
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Urdu—“St Osyth’s Priory” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “সেন্ট ওসিত”
  • Chinese: “圣奥斯教堂”
  • Chinese: “聖奧斯教堂”
  • French: “abbaye de St. Osyth”
  • French: “Abbaye de St. Osyth”
  • German: “St. Osyth’s Abbey”
  • Gujarati: “સેન્ટ ઓસીથ્સ એબી”
  • Japanese: “セイント・オサイス”
  • Japanese: “セント・オシス・プライアリー”
  • Japanese: “聖オシス修道院”
  • Kannada: “ಸೇಂಟ್ ಒಸಿತ್ಸ್ ಅಬ್ಬೆ”
  • Korean: “세인트 오시스”
  • Lithuanian: “Sent Osaitas”
  • Portuguese: “St. Osyth’s Abbey”
  • Russian: “монастырь Святой Оситы”
  • Russian: “Сент-Осит-Эбби”
  • Spanish: “St. Osyth”
  • Tamil: “ஸ்ட . யோசித்த ‘ஸ் அபே”
  • Telugu: “సెయింట్ ఓస్త్ అబ్బే”
  • Urdu: “سینٹ وسیتھ ’ س ابے”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St Osyth Social Club and SS Peter and Paul St Osyth Parish Church.

Nearby Places

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