Wymondham Priory

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Wymondham Priory was a medieval Benedictine monastic house in Norfolk, England, later becoming the parish church of Wymondham after the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Wymondham Abbey 1
Wymondham Priory canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Benedictine priory
former monastic house
medieval monastery
parish church
approximateDissolutionDate 1538
architecturalStyle Gothic
Romanesque
associatedWith town of Wymondham
continent Europe
country England
dedicatedTo St Thomas of Canterbury
the Blessed Virgin Mary
linked to: Virgin Mary
denomination Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
dissolvedDuringReignOf Henry VIII
elevatedTo abbey
elevationDate 1448
event Dissolution of the Monasteries
foundationDate 1107
early 12th century
foundedAs cell of St Albans Abbey
foundedBy William d’Aubigny
linked to: William d'Aubigny

William d’Aubigny (butler of King Henry I)
functionAfterReformation Anglican parish church
governingDiocese Diocese of Norwich (Church of England)
linked to: Diocese of Norwich
hasFeature large nave
medieval stone construction
twin west towers
heritageStatus Grade I listed building
historicalCounty Norfolk
laterDenomination Church of England
locatedIn Diocese of Norwich
East Anglia
Norfolk
Wymondham
locatedNear Norwich
motherHouse St Albans Abbey
linked to: St Albans Cathedral
originalFunction Benedictine monastic community
region Norfolk, England
religiousOrder Benedictine Order
linked to: Benedictines
statusAfterDissolution parish church of Wymondham
survivingPart parish church nave
west towers
usedFor Christian worship
parish services

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wymondham hasLandmark Wymondham Abbey
linked to: Wymondham Priory