Abbeys & priories · South East England
Ivychurch Priory
Ivychurch Priory — former priory in Alderbury, Wiltshire.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Nearest railway station
- Salisbury · 5.2 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Ivychurch Priory is an abbey, priory, or monastic site in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1101. Wikidata describes it as: "former priory in Alderbury, Wiltshire". Coordinates: 51.0481°, -1.7412°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Avon System SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Ivychurch Priory was a medieval monastic house in Alderbury, southeast of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. According to Historic England, "all that remains is a cylindrical pier with multi-scalloped capital and part of the double-chamfered arch with a respond to the west with a half-pier and capital; this is attached to the west wall of the church which retains one buttress". After the Dissolution of the Monasteries it became a private house and estate in the Herbert family. Sir Philip Sidney wrote most of his Arcadia there, and it lay within the sphere of Wilton House and the literary society which was encouraged there by Mary Sidney Herbert.
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Background
History
The Augustinian monastery of Ivychurch, also called Monasterium Ederosum or 'Ederose', was claimed in 1274 to have been a royal foundation of King Stephen's, based upon a small minster chapel dependent upon Alderbury church, either by Stephen's confirmation of the gift of the chapel to Salisbury in 1139 or by a subsequent endowment. There is a tradition that Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, stayed at the priory during the Council of Clarendon in 1164. The priory owned the manor of Whaddon in Alderbury and the advowson of the church, which were given by Robert de Bluntesdon, Canon of Salisbury: however in 1397, during the extravagant rule of Prior Virgo, when the number of canons at…
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- Coordinates
- 51.0481, -1.7412
- District
- Wiltshire
- Parish
- Alderbury
- Postcode
- SP5 3AP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Salisbury
- Established
- 1101
- Nearest railway station
- Salisbury — 5.2 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q6099992 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Ivychurch Priory (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ivychurch Priory?
- Ivychurch Priory is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode SP5 3AP), in the parish of Alderbury.
- When was Ivychurch Priory built?
- Built or established in 1101.
- Is Ivychurch Priory a protected site?
- Yes — Ivychurch Priory is part of the River Avon System SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Ivychurch Priory?
- The nearest railway station is Salisbury, about 5.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SP5 3AP.