Sopwell Priory

Sopwell Priory (also known as Sopwell Nunnery) was built c. 1140 in Hertfordshire, England by the Benedictine abbot of St Albans Abbey, Geoffrey de Gorham. It was founded as the Priory of St Mary of Sopwell and was a cell of St Albans Abbey.

Juliana Berners, a prioress during the 15th century, is believed to be the author of the Boke of St Albans published in 1486.

Following the dissolution of St Albans Abbey in 1539, Sopwell Priory was bought by Sir Richard Lee, a military engineer and commander of King Henry VIII. He tore the priory down and built a house on the site which he named Lee Hall. The house was later renamed Sopwell House, and its ruins remain today on Cottonmill Lane, near the centre of St Albans.

Images
gollark: And only 224KB.
gollark: It's still *recognizable*, I'd say.
gollark: I'll see if I can get it to be transparent, but I can get it to downscale at least.
gollark: Do you want me to just half the resolution or something? I can run it through ffmpeg and do that.
gollark: You can't really shrink that GIF further without losing quality in some way, if you want it to remain a GIF.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.