Finchale Priory
Brasside, Newton Hall, County Durham DH1 5SH - England, UK
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This comparatively small priory is situated in a scenic spot on the banks of the River Wear, about 4 miles from Durham. From its lowly beginning as a hermitage for St. Godric - who lived a simple, lonely life in a crude hut for over fifty years - Finchale became a Benedictine priory, dependent on Durham Cathedral, towards the end of the 12th Century.
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