Abbeys & priories · South West England
Priory of St. Andrews of the Ards
Priory of St. Andrews of the Ards — monastery in Stogursey, Somerset West and Taunton, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Priory of St. Andrews of the Ards is an abbey, priory, or monastic site in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "monastery in Stogursey, Somerset West and Taunton, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.1806°, -3.1416°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Bridgwater Bay SSSI
- National Nature Reserve: SOMERSET WETLANDS
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Quantock Hills
- Ramsar wetland: Severn Estuary
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Priory of St. Andrews of the Ards (Blackabbey) was a Benedictine Abbey in County Down, Ireland. It was founded by John de Courcy as a daughter-house of the alien Benedictine Priory at Stogursey in Somerset, England. As Stogursey Priory was itself a cell of Lonlay-l'Abbaye in Normandy, Blackabbey also became affiliated to that house. In around 1356 the Blackabbey, with all its lands, was effectively dissolved and assigned by Lonlay to Richard FitzRalph, Archbishop of Armagh and his successors, under whom it continued.
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- Coordinates
- 51.1806, -3.1416
- District
- Somerset
- Parish
- Stogursey
- Postcode
- TA5 1QR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead
Sources
- wikidata: Q7245522 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Priory of St. Andrews of the Ards (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: StogurseyPriory.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Priory of St. Andrews of the Ards?
- Priory of St. Andrews of the Ards is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode TA5 1QR), in the parish of Stogursey.
- Is Priory of St. Andrews of the Ards a protected site?
- Yes — Priory of St. Andrews of the Ards is part of the Bridgwater Bay SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the SOMERSET WETLANDS National Nature Reserve.
- How do I get to Priory of St. Andrews of the Ards?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode TA5 1QR. It sits within the Tiverton and Minehead parliamentary constituency.