Thetford Priory

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Thetford Priory is a ruined medieval monastic house in Norfolk, England, once one of the most important religious foundations in East Anglia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Thetford Priory canonical 3
Thetford Priory, Norfolk, England 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval priory ⓘ
monastic house ⓘ
ruin ⓘ
architecturalType monastic complex ⓘ
associatedFamily Earls of Norfolk ⓘ
country England ⓘ
currentCondition ruined ⓘ
dedicatedTo Blessed Virgin Mary ⓘ
linked to: Virgin Mary

Saint Andrew ⓘ
diocese Diocese of Norwich ⓘ
dissolutionYear 1540 ⓘ
dissolvedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
dissolvedIn 16th century ⓘ
dissolvedUnder Henry VIII ⓘ
foundationCentury 12th century ⓘ
foundedAroundYear 1104 ⓘ
foundedAs Cluniac priory ⓘ
foundedBy Hugh Bigod ⓘ
Roger Bigod ⓘ
founderFamily Bigod family ⓘ
function burial place ⓘ
religious house ⓘ
governedBy convent of monks ⓘ
prior ⓘ
hasFeature extensive standing remains ⓘ
remains of monastic buildings ⓘ
visible church plan ⓘ
hasPart chapter house ⓘ
church ⓘ
cloister ⓘ
dormitory ranges ⓘ
gatehouse ⓘ
refractory ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building ⓘ
Scheduled Monument ⓘ
locatedIn Norfolk ⓘ
Thetford ⓘ
locatedInRegion East Anglia ⓘ
managedBy English Heritage ⓘ
near River Thet ⓘ
Thetford town centre ⓘ
notableBurials Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk ⓘ
members of the Bigod family ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
region East of England ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Cluniac ⓘ
servedAs mausoleum of the Earls of Norfolk ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Thetford → hasLandmark → Thetford Priory ⓘ
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset → burialPlace → Thetford Priory, Norfolk, England ⓘ
linked to: Thetford Priory
Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk → burialPlace → Thetford Priory, Norfolk, England ⓘ
linked to: Thetford Priory