Swavesey Priory, Swavesey

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Swavesey Priory was a medieval monastic house in the village of Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, England. A church existed in Swavesey at the time of the Norman Conquest, when Alan, Count of Richmond, granted it to the Benedictine Abbey of St Sergius and St Bacchus in Angers, France. The Abbey founded an alien priory in Swavesey by 1086. It ceased to function in 1539, during the dissolution of the monasteries. The site is now a scheduled ancient monument. ()

Coordinates: 52°18'21"N, 0°0'10"E

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Swavesey Priory – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Houghton Mill, St Ives Bridge, The Manor, St Margaret's Church.

5.5 miW
Art gallery, Museum, Historical place
Houghton Mill, Huntingdon
140 min walk • Houghton Mill is a water mill located on the Great Ouse in the village of Houghton, Cambridgeshire, England. It is a National Trust property and a Grade II* listed building.
3.5 miW
Bridge
St Ives Bridge, St Ives
90 min walk • St Ives Bridge is a 15th-century bridge crossing the River Great Ouse in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, England. It is noted for being one of only four bridges in England to incorporate a chapel.
4.8 miW
Historical place, History museum, Museum
The Manor, Hemingford Grey
123 min walk • The Manor is a house in the village of Hemingford Grey, Cambridgeshire. It was built in the 1130s and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in Britain — often claimed as the oldest, although this is disputed. Much of the original house remains intact despite various changes over nine centuries.
5.3 miW
Church, Gothic architecture
St Margaret's Church, Hemingford Grey
136 min walk • St Margaret's Church, in Hemingford Abbots is a Church of England church, dedicated to Saint Margaret of Antioch. A church has stood on the site since at least 1086, for it is mentioned in the Domesday Record. Parts of the current fabric date from c. 1300.
3.2 miSE
Church
St Michael
81 min walk • St Michael's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Longstanton, Cambridgeshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
6.3 miSE
Universities and schools, Historical place
Girton College, Cambridge
162 min walk • Girton College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. The college was established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon as the first women's college in Cambridge. In 1948, it was granted full college status by the university, marking the official admittance of women to the university.
6 miSE
Village, Area
Girton, Cambridge
154 min walk • Girton is a village and civil parish of about 1,600 households, and 4,500 people in Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 2 miles to the northwest of Cambridge, and is the home of Girton College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.
3.3 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Sacred Heart Church, St Ives
85 min walk • Sacred Heart Church is a Roman Catholic church that serves as the parish church of St Ives, Cambridgeshire. It was originally designed and built by Augustus Pugin in Cambridge as St Andrew's Church, but was dismantled in 1902 and transported by barge to St Ives.
3.5 miE
Forts and castles
Belsar's Hill
91 min walk • Belsar's Hill is a hillfort near Willingham, Cambridgeshire, England.
4.3 miSW
Park
Overhall Grove
111 min walk • Overhall Grove is a 17.4 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest to the east of Knapwell in Cambridgeshire. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade II, and it is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
7.6 miSE
Neighbourhood
Arbury, Cambridge
195 min walk • Arbury is a district and electoral ward of the city of Cambridge, England. The ward borders the following other wards : Histon, King's Hedges, West Chesterton, Market and Castle.