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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 article

Associated yews

  • Ankerwycke Yew
    LivingOlder than this church

    1,500–2,500 yrs · 8.0 m · +1,134 yrs