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Dover Priory

Dover, Dover District, Kent, England

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    Coordinates: 51.12584, 1.30538
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The full name of the priory is The Priory of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Martin of the New Work, or Newark. It was founded in the early seventh century by King Eadbald of Kent (616-640). Toward the end of the century, the 22 secular canons were transferred by King Wihtred to a small church dedicated to St. Martin. After the Norman Conquest, the church was granted to Odo, Bishop of Bayeux (d. 1097). Archbishop of Canterbury William de Corbeil (d. 1136) extended his influence to St. Martin's by persuading Henry I to allow him to transfer the church's assets to a new priory called St. Martin's of the New Work, or Newark, the church remaining under the priory's control. The priory was suppressed in 1538 during the Dissolution. Most of the buildings were razed in the nineteenth century. In 1869 part of the Priory buildings were leased for a private school, which later became Dover College, still active today. The railway station now occupies the main site of the priory. (Source: Wikipedia)

The full name of the priory is The Priory of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Martin of the New Work, or Newark. It was founded in the early seventh century by King Eadbald of Kent (616-640). Toward the end of the century, the 22 secular canons were transferred by King Wihtred to a small church dedicated to St. Martin. After the Norman Conquest, the church was granted to Odo, Bishop of Bayeux (d. 1097). Archbishop of Canterbury William de Corbeil (d. 1136) extended his influence to St. Martin's by persuading Henry I to allow him to transfer the church's assets to a new priory called St. Martin's of the New Work, or Newark, the church remaining under the priory's control. The priory was suppressed in 1538 during the Dissolution. Most of the buildings were razed in the nineteenth century. In 1869 part of the Priory buildings were leased for a private school, which later became Dover College, still active today. The railway station now occupies the main site of the priory. (Source: Wikipedia)

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  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2738990