Aldermanshaw Priory

Aldermanshaw Priory is a former Cluniac Priory, located within the Charnwood Forest, in Leicestershire, England.

Aldermanshaw Priory

Location within Leicestershire
Monastery information
Order	Cluniac
Established	C.1220-35
Disestablished	In ruins c.1450
Mother house	Bermondsey Abbey
Diocese	Diocese of Lincoln
Site
Location	Woodhouse,[1] Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, England
Coordinates	52°43′34″N 1°15′29″W
Grid reference	SK50211452
Visible remains	None. Materials may have been reused in later house on the site.

History

Aldermanshaw Priory was founded c.1220-1235. It was a cell (a small monastery dependent upon a motherhouse) of Bermondsey Abbey, in London.[2] The name is thought to refer to Alwin (or Alwinus) Child, the founder of the priory's motherhouse at Bermondsey.[3]

The priory was in ruins by 1450.[2]

The priory was in the hamlet of Woodhouse. In the 17th century a cottage, known as Alderman's Haw, was built on the site. The age of some of the stones used to construct the two story rubble cottage suggests it may incorporate materials from the earlier priory.[2][4]

References

1. Curtis (1831)
2. "Aldermans Haw", English Heritage PastScape
3. James Bell, "A new and comprehensive gazetteer of England and Wales, illustr. by a series of maps. 4 vols. [in 2]." (1836)
4. Curtis, John (1831) A Topographical History of the County of Leicester. Ashby-de-la-Zouch: W. Hextall; p. 1