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Description: | The Augustinian Priory of St Botolph situated in the centre of Colchester at the southern gateway in the town wall. Founded in circa 1100, on the site of a collegiate establishment, it was the first Augustinian house to be established in Britain. It was dissolved in 1536. The site lies on a series of terraces. Towards the centre of the site are the ruins of the priory church. Immediately to the south, and terraced below it, are the buried remains of the claustral buildings. Scheduled and listed. | Subjects: | Chapter House Parish Church Religious Ritual And Funerary Domestic Dormitory Cloister Kitchen Infirmary Cemetery Brewhouse Agriculture And Subsistence Education Augustinian Monastery Priory College Of Secular Priests Refectory Findspot Health And Welfare Church | Source: | English Heritage - Viewfinder | Creator: | National Monuments Record | Identifier: | http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk... | Language: | en | Go to resource |
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