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The Grace Dieu Priory was an independent Augustinian priory near Thringstone in Leicestershire, England. It was founded around 1235-1241 by Roesia de Verdun and dissolved in 1538. It was dedicated to the Holy Trinity and St Mary .
Grace Dieu Manor School was a private Catholic preparatory school at Grace-Dieu, near Thringstone in Leicestershire, England.It was founded in May 1933 by the Rosminians as a prep school for Ratcliffe College, and occupied the 19th-century Grace Dieu Manor, which has about 120 acres (50 hectares) of grounds. [2]
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.
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 ...
Grace Dieu Priory ^ Augustinian Canonesses founded c.1239/40 by Rose (Rorsia) de Verdon; 'White Nuns of St Augustine' dissolved 1538; granted to Humphrey Foster 1538/9; remains incorporated into a cottage; largely demolished 1696; in care of Grace Dieu Priory Trust; open to public from late 2004 The Priory Church of Holy Trinity and St Mary, Belton
Grace-Dieu, Leicestershire place Grace Dieu Priory, Augustinian abbey at Grace Dieu, Leicestershire; Grace Dieu Manor School, a former preparatory school in Leicestershire; Grace Dieu Manor, nineteenth century Grade II* country house; Grâce à Dieu, also known as By the Grace of God, a 2019 French film by François Ozon
Grace Dieu Priory was an independent Augustinian priory near Thringstone in Leicestershire, England. It was founded around 1235-1241 by Roesia de Verdun. It was dedicated to the Holy Trinity and St Mary. The priory was fairly large, having in 1337 sixteen nuns, who called themselves "the White Nuns of St. Augustine".
Portrane Priory 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