Abbeys & priories · Mid Wales
Cardigan Priory
Cardigan Priory in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.

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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
About
Cardigan Priory is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Cardigan Priory (formally: The Priory Church of Our Lady of Cardigan; alternative: Cardigan Cell) was a Benedictine priory located in Cardigan, Ceredigion, mid-west Wales. Its church survives as a parish church, St. Mary's Church, Cardigan, whereas the priory itself was a separate building.
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Background
History
Documents preserved at Gloucester Cathedral state that Chertsey Abbey misappropriated, and was later compelled to yield up, the Church of the Holy Trinity at Cardigan which had been granted to Gloucester by Gilbert de Clare previous to the establishment of the priory. The Brut y Tywysogion states that De Clare granted Cardigan Priory to the Gloucester Abbey prior to his death in or before 1117. Around 1164, Rhys ap Gruffydd, Prince of South Wales, conquered Cardigan and brought it again under Welsh rule, and by a grant confirmed the gift of the then existing priory of Cardigan to the Benedictines of Chertsey Abbey in Surrey. During the Clares' time, it was dedicated to the Trinity; in…
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- Coordinates
- 52.0827, -4.6558
- Established
- 1101
- Official site
- vlad-art.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5038509 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Cardigan Priory (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Cardigan Priory?
- Cardigan Priory is in Mid Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.0827°, -4.6558°.
- When was Cardigan Priory built?
- Cardigan Priory dates to 1101.