Belvoir Priory

Belvoir Priory
Location within Leicestershire
Monastery information
OrderBenedictine
Established1076
Disestablished1539
Mother houseSt Albans Abbey
DioceseDiocese of Lincoln
Controlled churches
People
Founder(s)Robert de Todeni
Site
LocationBelvoir, Leicestershire, England
Coordinates52°53′55″N 0°46′54″W / 52.898541°N 0.781701°W / 52.898541; -0.781701

Belvoir Priory (pronounced Beaver) was a Benedictine priory near to Belvoir Castle. Although once described as within Lincolnshire, it is currently located in Leicestershire, near the present Belvoir Lodge.

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