Dudley Priory
Priory Road, Dudley, West Midlands DY1 - England, UK
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Dudley Priory was founded around 1160 by Gervase Paganel, Lord of Dudley, to fulfil his deceased father’s wishes. The priory was dedicated to St. James, and affiliated to the Cluniac community of Much Wenlock. Only a handful of monks lived at Dudley as the site is not large. After the dissolution, the priory was granted to Sir John Dudley, ill-fated Duke of Northumberland, in 1540. The buildings quickly fell into disrepair but were utilised by local tradesmen in the eighteenth Century. Today, the gaunt ruins stand in leafy Priory Park.
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