Newark Priory

Newark Priory
The remains of Newark Priory
Monastery information
OrderAugustinian
Establishedbetween 1189-1199[1]
Disestablished1538
Dedicated toVirgin Mary and Thomas Becket
DioceseDiocese of Guildford
Controlled churchesOld Woking, with its chapels of Horsell and Pyrford; Send; St. Martha, St Marth's Hill, Guildford; Wanborough; Weybridge; Windlesham with its chapel; Leigh all in Surrey; and Shipton with its (suspected near Snoddington Manor) chapel of Snodington, Hampshire.
People
Founder(s)Rauld de Calva and his wife Beatrice de Saudes
Important associated figuresRichard Lipscombe, Lord Onslow
Site
LocationPyrford,
Surrey, England
Coordinates51°18′32″N 0°30′24″W / 51.3089°N 0.5068°W / 51.3089; -0.5068
Visible remainsYes
Public accessNo
Official nameNewark Priory: an Augustinian priory north of the River Wey
Designated20 November 1925
Reference no.1008303
Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameRuins of Newark Priory
Designated14 June 1967
Reference no.1377835

Newark Priory is a ruined priory on an island surrounded by the River Wey and its former leat (the Abbey Stream) near the boundary of the village (parish lands) of Ripley and Pyrford in Surrey, England.[2]

  1. ^ Francis Grose, The antiquities of England and Wales, p113, Hooper & Wigstead (No: 212, High-Holborn, facing Southampton Street, Bloomsbury-Square), 1784
  2. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1377835)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 October 2012. Ruins of Newark Priory Grade I List Entry
    Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1008303)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 October 2012. Scheduled Ancient Monument listing.

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