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| priory, Monk Coniston | ||
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| locality:- | Monk Coniston | |
| civil parish:- | Coniston (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | religious house | |
| locality type:- | priory | |
| coordinates:- | SD318982 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD3198 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD39 | |
| references:- | Clarke 1787 |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Clarke 1787 |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland,
and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93. goto sourcePage 146:- "..." "Near the height of this Lake [Coniston Water] stood a priory of Cistercian Monks, founded by William Pennington, which at the dissolution was valued at 124l. 2s.1 d. the remains of which are yet to be seen. ..." |
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