St. James Priory, Derby

St James' Priory, Derby
Derby Cluniac Priory
Coat of Arms of Cluny Abbey
St. James Priory, Derby is located in Derbyshire
St. James Priory, Derby
Location within Derbyshire
Monastery information
Full nameSt James' Priory, Derby
Other namesPrioratus Sancti Jacobi de Derby de Aldenna[1]
OrderBenedictine: Cluniac order
EstablishedBetween 1072-1076
Disestablished1536
Mother houseBermondsey Abbey
Cluny Abbey
Dedicated toSt James[2]
DioceseDiocese of Lichfield
People
Founder(s)Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria
Site
LocationSt James's Street (formerly St James's Lane), Derby
Coordinates52°55′20″N 1°28′42″W / 52.922323°N 1.478444°W / 52.922323; -1.478444
Grid referenceSK 3517 3624
Visible remainsNone

St. James Priory, also known as Derby Cluniac Priory, was a Benedictine monastery, formerly located in what is now Derby City Centre. It existed until the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

  1. ^ John Caley, Sir Henry Ellis & Bulkeley Bandinel (1825). Monasticon Anglicanum: Priory of St James.
  2. ^ Toone, William (1835). The Chronological Historian: Volume 1.