Kirklees Priory

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Kirklees Priory was a medieval Cistercian nunnery in West Yorkshire, England, historically noted as the reputed burial place of the legendary outlaw Robin Hood.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kirklees Nunnery 1
Kirklees Priory canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cistercian nunnery ⓘ
medieval monastery ⓘ
associatedSite Robin Hood’s Grave ⓘ
associatedWithLegend Robin Hood ⓘ
country England ⓘ
currentCondition ruined ⓘ
currentUse heritage site ⓘ
dedicatedTo Virgin Mary ⓘ
dissolvedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
dissolvedInCentury 16th century ⓘ
dissolvedUnder Henry VIII of England ⓘ
era Middle Ages ⓘ
foundedBefore 1200 ⓘ
foundedInCentury 12th century ⓘ
function agricultural estate management ⓘ
monastic community life ⓘ
religious worship ⓘ
genderOfCommunity female ⓘ
governedBy prioress ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kirklees Nunnery ⓘ
linked to: Kirklees Priory
hasHeritageStatus Scheduled monument ⓘ
linked to: Scheduled Monument
hasRemains buried foundations ⓘ
earthworks ⓘ
standing fragments ⓘ
hasSiteType monastic ruin ⓘ
locatedIn Calderdale ⓘ
West Yorkshire ⓘ
locatedInHistoricCounty Yorkshire ⓘ
locatedInRegion Northern England ⓘ
locatedNear Brighouse ⓘ
Huddersfield ⓘ
locatedOn private land ⓘ
mentionedIn Robin Hood ballads ⓘ
late medieval tradition ⓘ
nearWatercourse River Calder ⓘ
notableFor association with Robin Hood’s death and burial ⓘ
example of a Cistercian nunnery in Yorkshire ⓘ
partOfMonasticOrderFamily Cistercian houses in England ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Cistercian Order ⓘ
linked to: Cistercians
reputedBurialPlaceOf Robin Hood ⓘ
usedBy nuns ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Kirklees → namedAfter → Kirklees Priory ⓘ
Kirklees Priory → hasAlternativeName → Kirklees Nunnery ⓘ
linked to: Kirklees Priory