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Basedale Priory

Baysdale Abbey Bridge, said to be the only visible remains of the nunnery
17th and 19th century buildings on the site of the former nunnery

Basedale Priory or Baysdale Priory was a priory in North Yorkshire, England located 8 miles (13 km) east of the parish church of Stokesley. It was established in 1163 as a house of Cistercian nuns who had moved there from Nunthorpe[1] and was suppressed in 1539.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Simpson, David (1999). The Millennium History of North East England. Sunderland: Leighton in association with The Northern Echo. p. 109. ISBN 0-9536984-3-2.
  2. ^ Page, William, ed. (1974). "'Houses of Cistercians nuns: Priory of Basedale', in A History of the County of York: Volume 3". British History Online. London. pp. 158–160. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Baysdale Priory (28027)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 18 September 2016.

54°27′07″N 1°02′40″W / 54.451848°N 1.044482°W / 54.451848; -1.044482


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