Monastery information | |
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Full name | St James' Priory, Derby |
Other names | Prioratus Sancti Jacobi de Derby de Aldenna[1] |
Order | Benedictine: Cluniac order |
Established | Between 1072-1076 |
Disestablished | 1536 |
Mother house | Bermondsey Abbey Cluny Abbey |
Dedicated to | St James[2] |
Diocese | Diocese of Lichfield |
People | |
Founder(s) | Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria |
Site | |
Location | St James's Street (formerly St James's Lane), Derby |
Coordinates | 52°55′20″N 1°28′42″W / 52.922323°N 1.478444°W |
Grid reference | SK 3517 3624 |
Visible remains | None |
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.