St Margaret’s Convent, Hertfordshire
St Margaret's Convent was a convent of the Benedictine order near Great Gaddesden in Hertfordshire, England. Founded in 1160, it was abolished as a consequence of King Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530s.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: medieval English convent
- Also known as: “Ivinghoe Priory”, “St Margarets de Bosco Priory”, “St Margarets Priory (Remains)”, and “St Margarets, Ivinghoe”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Amaravati Buddhist Monastery and Church of St Lawrence.
Amaravati Buddhist Monastery
Buddhist temple
Amaravati is a Theravada Buddhist monastery at the eastern end of the Chiltern Hills in South East England. Established in 1984 by Ajahn Sumedho as an extension of Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, the monastery has its roots in the Thai Forest Tradition. Amaravati Buddhist Monastery is situated 2,100 feet southeast of St Margaret’s Convent, Hertfordshire.
Church of St Lawrence
Church
Photo: No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of St Lawrence is situated 1 mile south of St Margaret’s Convent, Hertfordshire.
Church of St John the Baptist
Church
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of St John the Baptist is situated 1 mile southeast of St Margaret’s Convent, Hertfordshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Frithsden and Potten End.
Frithsden
Hamlet
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Frithsden is a small hamlet in Hertfordshire, England. It sits in the Chiltern Hills, about two miles north of the town of Berkhamsted, which it's part of.
Potten End
Village
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Potten End is a village in west Hertfordshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, two miles east-north-east of Berkhamsted, three miles north west of Hemel Hempstead and two miles south east of the National Trust estate of Ashridge. Potten End is situated 2 miles south of St Margaret’s Convent, Hertfordshire.
Ballingdon Bottom
Hamlet
Ballingdon Bottom is a valley in Hertfordshire, England. It forms part of the boundary between the civil parishes of Flamstead and Great Gaddesden. Ballingdon Bottom is situated 2 miles northeast of St Margaret’s Convent, Hertfordshire.
St Margaret’s Convent, Hertfordshire
- Categories: priory, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Nettleden, Dacorum District, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.79566° or 51° 47′ 44″ northLongitude
-0.52873° or 0° 31′ 43″ westOpen location code
9C3XQFWC+7GOpenStreetMap ID
way 224175465OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q7594116
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