Limebrook Priory, Lingen, Herefordshire

These are the ruined remains of a priory for nuns. It was founded here, in or before the reign of Richard I (1189-99), either by Rob de Lingen or one of the Mortimers. There is some confusion as to the order to which it belonged. It may have originally been Benedictine. In the time of Bishop Booth (1516-35), it was definitely tenanted by Augustinian Nuns. It lasted until its suppression in 1539. The ruins visible today are of a 13th century building.

Location

Herefordshire Lingen

Period

Medieval (Middle Ages) (1066 - 1484)

Tags

priory religion faith augustinian ruin Medieval (1066 - 1484)