Llanthony Secunda Priory (IHE) - Gloucester
Priory Junction, Gloucester GL2 5FA, Southeast of England
URPoint Details
One of the richest priories in England, founded in 1136 by Miles de Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford, a great magnate based in the west of England and the Welsh Marches, hereditary Constable of England and Sheriff of Gloucestershire (who resided at Gloucester Castle), as a secondary house and refuge for the canons of Llanthony Priory in the Vale of Ewyas, within his Lordship of Brecknock in what is now Monmouthshire, Wales.
- Type:
- Abbeys & Cathedrals
Map Location
Priory Junction, Gloucester GL2 5FA, Southeast of England