Cranborne Priory
Early-attested site in the Parish of Cranborne
Historical Forms
- Abbatia Creneburnensis, Ecclesia Sanctae Mariae Creneburnensis, Æcclesiae de Creneburne 1086 DB
- Sancte Marie et Sancto Petro et Sancto Bartholomeo de Cranb'na 1102 Cecil 14
- ecclesiam Sanctæ Mariæ de Craneburna 1109 Hutch3
- the church of St Mary, St Peter and St Bartholomew, Craneburne' 1381 Pat 1408
- prioratum de Cranburne 1530 Cecil
- Craneborne Prioratus 1553 ib
Etymology
Cranborne Priory (lost), founded c.930 as a Benedictine abbey, later a priory subject to Tewkesbury; the church of St Mary and St Bartholomew in Cranborne, rebuilt 1252, was formerly attached to the priory: Abbatia Creneburnensis , Ecclesia Sanctae Mariae Creneburnensis , Æcclesiae de Creneburne 1086 DB, Sancte Marie et Sancto Petro et Sancto Bartholomeo de Cranb 'na 1102 (14) Cecil , ecclesiam Sanctæ Mariæ de Craneburna 1109 Hutch3, eccl ' Beate Marie de Craneburne a 1327Cecil , 'the church of St Mary , St Peter and St Bartholomew , Craneburne '1381 (1408) Pat, prioratum de Cranburne 1530Cecil , Craneborne Prioratus 1553ib . On the history of the priory here, v. VCHDo 270–1; according to Hutch3 3 397, the Priory House was pulled down c.1703. The priory buildings formerly stood just S of the church (M.H.). The priory gave name to the manor of Cranborne Priory (v. par. name supra ) and to Priory Copse Close and other f.ns. in Alderholt par. supra .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Bellows Cross
- Biddlesgate Fm
- (West) Blagdon Fm, Blagdon Hill, Blagdon Hill Wd
- Boveridge, Boveridge Fm & Boveridge Ho
- Burwood
- Castle Hill, Castle Hill Lane & Castle Hill Wd
- Crockerton Hill
- High Wd
- Knap Barrow
- Horsyth
- Lt Holwell Fm & Lr Holwell Fm
- Hyde
Other OS name
- Jordan Hill (Plant.)
- Manor Ho
- Park Row
- Telegraph Ctg
- Toby's Bottom
- The Well
- Wellsnare
- White Ho (Copse)
- Withy Bed
- Woodward's Copse
- Jack's Hedge Corner
- Manor Fm
- Noddle Hill (Wd)
- Targett's Fm
- Ashes Fm
- Kennel Pond
- Mear's Pond
- Stone Hill Gate & Stone Hill Wd
- Thanes Copse
- Black Bush, Blackbush Down
- Bratch Copse
- Breach Copse
- Burwood Pit
- Chalk Pit
- Church
- Churchill Drove
- Old Claygrounds
- Corn Mill
- Cranborne Fm
- Cranborne Lodge
- Curries
- Dead Man
- East Hays
- Fir Copse
- Gilham's Copse
- Goddard's Barn
- Hare Lane Fm
- Holwell Mill
- Long Copse
- Mill Lane
- Paul's Copse
- Peaked Corner
- Peaked Plant.
- Penny's Fm
- Perry Copse
- Peters Fm
- Purbeck Lane
- Pye Lane
- Revel's Pond
- Roke Hill
- Rookery Wd
- Round Copse
- Rushmore Fm
- St Aldhelm's Church
- Salisbury Hall
- Standridge
- Tenantry Wd