Gisborough Priory
Gisborough Priory is a ruined Augustinian priory in Guisborough in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1119 as the Priory of St Mary by the Norman feudal magnate Robert de Brus, an ancestor of the Scottish king, Robert the Bruce.Photo: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Monastery
- Description: ruined Augustinian priory in Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Guisborough Priory” and “St Mary’s Priory Ruins”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Nicholas and Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form College.
Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form College
College
Photo: Lemony123, Public domain.
Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form College is a sixth form college with sites in Guisborough and Stockton-on-Tees. The college is a result of a merger between Prior Pursglove College and Stockton Sixth Form College in May 2016. Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form College is situated 920 feet north of Gisborough Priory.
Guisborough War Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Guisborough War Memorial is situated 370 feet northwest of Gisborough Priory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Slapewath and Hutton Village.
Slapewath
Hamlet
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Slapewath is a hamlet in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. Whilst the name of the hamlet is recorded as far back as the 13th century, it was developed due to the alum and ironstone industries of the North-Eastern part of Yorkshire in the 16th and 19th centuries respectively. Slapewath is situated 1½ miles east of Gisborough Priory.
Hutton Village
Village
Hutton Village is a settlement in the Hutton Lowcross area of Guisborough in North Yorkshire, England. Whilst the area itself is mentioned in the Domesday Book, the village was built largely due to the development of the ironstone industry in the Cleveland Hills. Hutton Village is situated 1½ miles southwest of Gisborough Priory.
Dunsdale
Hamlet
Dunsdale is a village in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland within the civil parish of Guisborough. Dunsdale is situated 2 miles north of Gisborough Priory.
Gisborough Priory
- Categories: priory, monastery ruins, historic site, and religion
- Location: Guisborough, Redcar and Cleveland, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.53574° or 54° 32′ 9″ northLongitude
-1.04837° or 1° 2′ 54″ westOperator
English HeritageOpen location code
9C6WGXP2+7MOpenStreetMap ID
way 95639037OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monasteryWikidata ID
Q3402996
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Gisborough Priory” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “吉伯格小修道院”
- Dutch: “Gisborough Priory”
- French: “prieuré de Gisborough”
- French: “Prieuré de Gisborough”
- French: “Prieuré de Guisborough”
- French: “Prieuré Notre-Dame de Gisborough”
- French: “Prieuré Notre-Dame de Guisborough”
- Italian: “Gisborough Priory”
- Japanese: “ギスボロウ小修道院”
- Portuguese: “Priorado de Gisborough”
- Russian: “Монастырь Гисборо”
- Spanish: “Priorato de gisborough”
- Spanish: “Priorato de Gisborough”
- Swedish: “Gisborough Priory”
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Highlights include Priory Gardens and Gisborough Priory.
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