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Grace Dieu Manor then became a Catholic school. [8] The school was part of the educational trust of the Rosminian order. In 1972 the family moved to Quenby Hall, but, following the collapse of the family cheese-making business, the family offered the Hall for sale. [9] Grace Dieu Manor School closed in 2020. In 2022 the 66-acre site was sold to ...
A conservation project on the remains was completed in 2005. It is managed by the Friends of Grace Dieu Priory, who work together with the Grace Dieu Priory Trust and the Grace Dieu Estate to ensure it stays open to members of the public. [10] In 2024 the Rosminian Order transferred ownership to the Grace Dieu Priory Trust for a nominal sum. [11]
Grace-Dieu (/ ˌ ɡ r eɪ s ˈ dj uː /) [1] is a placename situated in Leicestershire, England.Its toponymy, meaning "Grace (of) God" in French, is from nearby Grace Dieu Priory, which was established in the 13th century but was left in disrepair after the dissolution of the monasteries by King Henry VIII.
Nicholas Wiseman was co-operating in Rome, and soon the movement spread widely through the Catholic world. de Lisle was for some time the only Catholic who was in confidential correspondence with the leaders of the Oxford Movement, including John Henry Newman, receiving them at Grace-Dieu. He saw the Movement as a step towards his desire of ...
The village is bordered by the Grace Dieu and Cademan Woods. Grace Dieu Wood is traversed by the redundant track bed of the Charnwood Forest Railway, which also passes over an impressive six arch viaduct near the priory ruins. The woodland is noted for vast carpets of bluebells in spring and the railway was once referred to as 'the bluebell line'.
One of the best still remains intact within Thringstone woods, near Grace Dieu Priory ruins. This is the Grace Dieu Viaduct, a grand and imposing structure for such a small line. The station buildings at Coalville East have been built upon (housing estate). The same has happened in Shepshed (industrial estate) and Loughborough. There is still a ...
The Beaumont Baronetcy, of Grace Dieu in the County of Leicester, was created in the Baronetage of England on 31 January 1627 for the poet John Beaumont of Grace Dieu Manor. [3] He was the son of Francis Beaumont , Member of Parliament for Aldborough , a descendant of Thomas Beaumont, son of Sir Thomas Beaumont (d. 1457), younger son of John ...
Augustinian nuns — Arroasian — from Grace Dieu founded 1539; dissolved after 1577 Rathmichael Monastery, Carrickgolligan Hill: early monastic site, enclosure with slight remains of church and round tower Red Island Monastery, Skerries