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The priory dedicated to the Virgin Mary and St James was founded by Reiner le Fleming, Lord of the manor of Wath upon Dearne, in 1155 during the reign of Henry II. [ 1 ] The priory gives its name to the Kirklees metropolitan district council, formed in 1974 and including the towns of Huddersfield , Dewsbury and Batley , though the priory is ...
Although the inscription is probably a forgery, there may have been a grave marker on this site as early as the 16th century. John Leland, in his Collectanea (compiled in the 1530s), mentions the tradition that Robin Hood is buried near Kirklees Priory, [8] but the earliest definite reference to the presence of a gravestone is found in Richard Grafton's Chronicle at Large (1569).
The name Kirklees was chosen by the merging councils from more than fifty suggestions, including Upper Agbrigg, Brigantia and Wooldale. [3] It was named after Kirklees Priory, which is claimed to be site of Robin Hood's death, situated midway between Huddersfield and Dewsbury.
List of abbeys and priories is a link list for any abbey or priory. As of 2016 ... Mount Saviour Monastery, Elmira, New York; New Melleray Abbey, near Dubuque, Iowa.
Kirklees Hall is a 16th-century Grade I listed [1] Jacobean hall, close to the English village of Clifton in Calderdale, West Yorkshire. The first evidence of a hall constructed at Kirklees was that of Sir Thomas Gargrave , who conveyed the property to the Pilkington family.
The Armytage Baronetcy, of Kirklees in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 4 July 1738 [1] for Samuel Armytage, high sheriff of Yorkshire in 1739. He was the great-grandson of Edward Armytage, younger brother of John Armytage, father of the first Baronet of the 1641 creation.
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Hulne Priory was a filming location in HTV's Robin of Sherwood with Michael Praed where it doubled for Kirklees Abbey. Later it was Maid Marian's home in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. The priory is licensed for wedding ceremonies [4] and is occasionally used as a location for live performances. [5]