Full name Priory of St Mary Disestablished 1539 | ||
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Founder Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley Similar Kingswood Abbey, St Oswald's Priory - Gloucester, Flaxley Abbey, Blackfriars - Gloucester, Llanthony Secunda | ||
Poulton Priory or the Priory of St Mary was a Gilbertine priory in Poulton, Gloucestershire, England. It was founded as a chantry chapel in 1337 by Sir Thomas Seymour and became a house of Gilbertine canons in 1350. From 1539, with the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the priory was used as the parish church for Poulton. It was demolished in 1873.
Map of Poulton Priory, Poulton, Cirencester GL7 5JD, UK
A Tudor style mansion was built on the site by Sir Arthur Blomfield for the Marshall family c1897. It was later owned by James Joicey and Major Alexander Black-Mitchell. In World War II, it was used as a children's hospital.
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