Sandwell Priory

Sandwell Priory
A contemporary photograph showing the low stone walls which mark the layout of the priory's south chapels.
Remains of the south chapels of the priory church.
Sandwell Priory is located in West Midlands county
Sandwell Priory
Location within West Midlands county
Monastery information
Full nameThe Priory of St Mary Magdalene of Sandwell
Other namesCommunis Sancte Marie Madalena de Sandwelle
OrderBenedictine
Establishedc. 1190
Disestablished1525
Dedicated toMary Magdalene
DioceseDiocese of Coventry and Lichfield
Controlled churchesEllesborough
St Clement's (now All Saints') Church, West Bromwich (farmed from Worcester Priory after 1230)
People
Founder(s)William Fitz Guy of West Bromwich
Important associated figures
Site
LocationSandwell Valley Country Park
Coordinates52°31′11″N 1°57′53″W / 52.5198°N 1.9648°W / 52.5198; -1.9648
Visible remainsLow walls indicating the plan of the priory church.
Official nameSandwell Priory, a Benedictine monastery
Designated2 July 1974
Reference no.1017763
Public accessyes

Sandwell Priory was a small medieval Benedictine monastery, near West Bromwich, then part of Staffordshire, England. It was founded in the late 12th century by a local landowner and was only modestly endowed. It had a fairly turbulent history and suffered considerably from mismanagement. It was dissolved in 1525 at the behest of Cardinal Wolsey – more than a decade before the main Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII.