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Parish of Bamburgh Sheet 16-8

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Bamburghfriars Bamburghfriars Chas Taylor Esqr. Tenant On Sheet A Neat dwelling house, pleasantly
Bamburghfriars Revd W. Darnell 16.8 Situated, on a slight elevation,
Mr Dunse – B. Castle about 1/2 west of Bamburgh; there
are, good garden, extensive offices
and neat hinds’ houses attached.
It gets this name from there having
been a "Friary" Situated near to it,
a Small portion of which Still
Remains. It is the property of the
Trustees of Lord Crewe’s Charity.
Friary Friary (Remains of) Same Authorities On Sheet "This Religious house, was foun-
(Remains of) 16.8 "ded by King Henry III, for a
"Community of Preaching Friars,
In Whellan’s Hist. of the Co. P.60, It is Stated "of the Order of St. Austin. It
that, A Monastery for Regular Canons of the "was Subordinate, and as a Cell
Order of St.Augustine, was founded here in "to Nostell Priory, Near Pomfret –
1137 by King Henry I. This Monastery was a filiation "(or Pontefract) in Yorkshire.
of the Priory of Nostell near Pontefract, There is but a Small portion of
in the West Riding of Yorkshire – one of the walls now standing.
After the Dissolution, it was granted It is situate on the east side
to John Forster. of the Offices of Bamburghfriars.
John McCabe

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