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Norton Priory is a historic site in Norton, Runcorn, ... Norton Priory offers a programme of events, exhibitions, educational courses, and outreach projects. In ...
Norton Priory is the former rectory of St Wilfrid's Chapel, Church Norton, West Sussex. [1] The building is claimed to be of mediaeval origin, but so altered that much of the history of its construction is speculation. [2] Some parts are from the 17th century, while a fireplace in the west wing bears the inscription "WL 1539". [2]
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now in ownership of Norton Priory Museum Trust open to public as a museum The Priory Church of Saint Mary at Norton _____ Norton Abbey [27] [28] Greene, pp. 2–3, 65–72. Starkey, pp. 9, 35–40. Poulton Abbey: Savignac monks — from Combermere
The annual move to six days begins Feb. 20, coinciding with the end of the museum's annual paid exhibition.
Initially the rectory continued to be at Norton, but in 1902 it was sold and a new one built on land adjoining the relocated church. This work was completed in 1903. The name of the old rectory was changed to Norton Priory. [20] The old church functioned as a cemetery chapel for the next few decades, standing in the middle of its graveyard.
The association between St Christopher and Norton Priory is probably the result of the priory's proximity to the River Mersey. The priory stood 3 miles (5 km) from the Runcorn ferry where it crossed the river near Runcorn Gap. [16] The priory had an obligation to be hospitable to travellers, [24] and the saint is the patron saint of travellers ...
Norman doorway in the undercroft of Norton Priory, built in local red sandstone Runcorn is an industrial town in Halton, Cheshire, England, on the south bank of the River Mersey where it narrows at Runcorn Gap. In the town are the 61 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings in the current urban area of Runcorn, including the districts ...