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    Christchurch Priory is an ecclesiastical parish and former priory church in Christchurch in the English county of Dorset (formerly in Hampshire). It is...
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    flow into Christchurch Harbour, the town was originally named Twynham but became known as Christchurch following the construction of the priory in 1094...
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    Cathedral Precincts and the County of Kent War Memorial Cross. Christchurch Priory and the Archbishop's Palace, and the Norman Staircase, the Cellarer's...
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    following the Second World War. There he was Organist and Choirmaster of Christchurch Priory from 1949 until his death, and became renowned for the high quality...
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    Ibsley, Kingston, Sopley and Burton. It ends near the coast at Christchurch Priory, Dorset. The path is waymarked with green arrows featuring a bridge...
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    of Hampshire since changes in county boundaries led to the larger Christchurch Priory being now included in Dorset. The current vicar is the Reverend Thomas...
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    in Lyndhurst, Hampshire. He and many of his family are buried at Christchurch Priory, Rose was a close friend of Admiral Lord Nelson. He first met Nelson...
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    house; Forde Abbey, a stately home and former Cistercian monastery; Christchurch Priory, the longest church in England; and St Edwold's church, one of the...
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  • "Gresley Priory (921513)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 23 June 2013. "Austin canons: Priory of Holy Trinity or Christchurch, Aldgate"...
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    church, behind Beverley Minster in East Yorkshire (3489 m2) and Christchurch Priory in Dorset (2815 m2). It was founded in 1101 by Herbert de Losinga...
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    religious houses and was probably attached to the medieval estate which Christchurch Priory held at Brookley. The manor house of Brochelie was situated on the...
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    in 1881. In the west porch are stones from Canterbury Cathedral, Christchurch Priory, Tintern Abbey, Glastonbury Abbey, Herod's Temple, St Paul's Cathedral...
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    visible, and many fragments of sculpture also survive. Christchurch Priory, Dorset. Christchurch Priory contains a boldly carved reredos in high-relief of...
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    1880s. Some examples of Romney Green's furniture are exhibited in Christchurch Priory, All Saints Church in Catherington, Hampshire, and the Victoria and...
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    13th century. Slightly earlier individual examples are present at Christchurch Priory and St Mary the Virgin, Hemingbrough. The vast majority of English...
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    The Holy Trinity Priory, also known as Christchurch Aldgate, was a priory of Austin canons (Black Canons) founded around 1108 by the English queen Matilda...
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  • key details of Hermann de Tournai's account are confirmed by the Christchurch Priory cartulary, the bulk of which was compiled by 1372. It records that...
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    churches in England. It claims to have the second longest nave (after Christchurch Priory), and the largest West Window of any parish church in the country...
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    eventually buried either at St Peter's Church, Bournemouth, or in Christchurch Priory. Hunt also retrieved a piece of Shelley's jawbone which, in 1913...
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    and the first stone London Bridge in 1350. Exeter Cathedral and Christchurch Priory, also constructed during the 14th Century, are built of Portland...
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    past. Recorded as Hedenesburia in an early 12th century deed in the Christchurch Priory cartulary. In the mid-17th century it was referred to as Hynsebury...
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    Jenkin 1980–1986 Martin Schellenberg (later Director of Music of Christchurch Priory) 1986–1989 Tony Pinel 1989–1991 Claire Hobbs 1991–1994 Ian Ball 1994–2001...
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    Commons has media related to Wimborne Minster. Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory by Rev. Thomas Perkins. A Short History of Their Foundation and a...
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    Hurn (category Areas of Christchurch, Dorset)
    Christchurch and Poole district of Dorset, England. It is situated between the River Stour and River Avon 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Christchurch and...
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    William Cornwallis. The manor of Milford Barnes originally belonged to Christchurch Priory. After the Dissolution a twenty-one years' lease of "the site of...
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  • site) Chilcombe Camera (site) Christchurch Priory Cranborne Priory Dorchester Greyfriars (site) Forde Abbey Frampton Priory Fryer Mayne Preceptory Gillingham...
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    document dated AD 1140 which confirmed the grant of the estate to Christchurch Priory. The manor included the hamlets of Bure, Chewton, Street, Stanpit...
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    rivers. It was not until the construction of the priory in 1094 that the town became known as Christchurch. In Saxon times the harbour was one of the most...
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  • Bridlington Priory Cartmel Priory Christchurch Priory Dunstable Priory Edington Priory Priory Church of St George, Dunster Lancaster Priory Priory Church of...
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    Hampshire, before reaching the English Channel through Christchurch Harbour in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole conurbation of Dorset. It is sometimes...
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