Monastery information | |
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Other names | Priory of St. Mary and St. Catherine |
Established | 1150 |
Disestablished | 1537 |
Dedicated to | Blessed Virgin and St Catherine |
People | |
Founder(s) | Roger de Scales and Muriel de Scales (née Lisewis) |
Architecture | |
Completion date | 1150 |
Site | |
Location | Blackborough End, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England |
Coordinates | 52°41′54″N 0°28′33″E / 52.698471°N 0.475943°E |
Grid reference | TF67401407 |
Visible remains | South wall of the church |
Public access | By appointment only (with Heathlands Farm) |
Blackborough Priory was a Benedictine monastic house in Norfolk, England, about 5 miles or 8 km south east of King's Lynn. The Ordnance Survey map shows the remains of fishponds nearby, which may have been for the use of the monastery.