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Llanthony Secunda Priory
Llanthony Secunda Priory
Llanthony Road Gloucester
Gloucestershire
GL2 5QT

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About Llanthony Secunda Priory

Llanthony Secunda Priory is a hidden gem in the heart of an industrial landscape, the remains of a mediaeval priory of Augustinian Canons.
On the edge of the Docks remains what was once one of Britain's foremost priories. It is today called Llanthony (pronounced 'Lantony') Secunda Priory to differentiate it from the original Llanthony Priory in South Wales.Today only a few stone, brick and timber-framed structures bear witness to the past glories of this important scheduled ancient monument in the care of Gloucester City Council.
The first Llanthony Priory, near Abergavenny in Wales, was seized by Welsh rebels in 1136. Llanthony Secunda (outside Gloucester) was founded in the same year to house the fugitive prior and about 20 canons. Miles of Gloucester supplied the land, which was attached to his Gloucester Castle. He led the civil war against King Stephen. Miles and his descendants the Bohuns, who were the hereditary Constables of England, were buried for ten generations in the priory church and chapter house.
By 1150 the new priory had stately buildings in a landscape of gardens and vineyards. The Welsh site was restored after 1154, and the two communities separated in 1205, but they united again in 1481 when Llanthony Secunda bought out its Welsh namesake. The pr



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