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Cowick Priory (Defunct)

Memorials	:	0
Location	:	Exeter, City of Exeter, England
Description	:	Cowick Priory (Benedictine) was destroyed during Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries in 1538 It had been an alien house: founded in 1144: granted as a cell to Bec-Hellouin by William Fitz-Baldwin; it became denizen: granted to Eton College 1451; it was then granted to Tavistock after 1464; and was destroyed in 1538 (so that the monks could never return!) Lord Russell, first built on the site, c1540. There is now a public house, the 'Cowick Barton', on the site, which was converted from a derelict mansion in 1963.	Cowick Priory (Benedictine) was destroyed during Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries in 1538 It had been an alien house: founded in 1144: granted as a cell to Bec-Hellouin by William Fitz-Baldwin; it became denizen: granted to Eton College 1451; it was then granted to Tavistock after 1464; and was destroyed in 1538 (so that the monks could never return!) Lord Russell, first built on the site, c1540. There is now a public house, the 'Cowick Barton', on the site, which was converted from a derelict mansion in 1963.

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Coordinate: 50.7233770, -3.5489930

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Coordinate: 50.7289410, -3.5083840

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Coordinate: 50.7233770, -3.5489930

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Coordinate: 50.7289410, -3.5083840

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Coordinate: 50.7203000, -3.5296000

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Exeter, City of Exeter, England

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Exeter, City of Exeter, England

23. St Edmund Churchyard
Exeter, City of Exeter, England
Coordinate: 50.7191480, -3.5357810

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