The buttressed walls of the medieval monastic kitchen garden at Edington Priory, with the Abbot's House just visible in the background

Date:: 1890 - 1920

Location:: Edington Priory, Monastic Kitchen Garden Walls, Edington, Wiltshire

Reference:: OP19839

Type:: Photograph (Postcard - Photographic)

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Description

Edington Priory was founded in 1351 as a collegiate chantry by William of Edington, Bishop of Winchester, and was converted into a Bonhommes monastery in 1358. It was surrendered to the Crown in 1539.

Archival History

This photograph was withdrawn from the Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-12 Red Box Project.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/45 Early Photographic Print Collection: Wiltshire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Buttress, Wall, Medieval Kitchen Garden, Medieval Bonhommes Monastery, Medieval Priory