Directory/Church
ruinBenedictine (dissolved)
Ankerwycke Priory
Berkshire, England · St Mary Magdalene
- Present fabric
- c. 1160
- Parish age
- 866 yrs
- Site origin
- c. 1160
A small Benedictine nunnery founded around 1160 beside the Thames at Wraysbury. Dissolved in 1536; fragmentary walls remain in the meadow with the yew.
Historical articleAssociated yews
- Ankerwycke YewLivingOlder than this church
1,500–2,500 yrs · 8.0 m · +1,134 yrs