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Cannington Priory
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Monastery information
Order Benedictine
Established c. 1138
Disestablished 1536
People
Founder(s) Roger de Curci
Site
Location Cannington, Somerset, England
Cannington Priory is located in Somerset
Cannington Priory
Location in Somerset

Cannington Priory was a Benedictine nunnery established around 1138 and dissolved in 1536 in Cannington, Somerset, England.

It was attached to the Church of St Mary.

It was first populated by Benedictine nuns (from Dorset), who were later transferred to Colwich Abbey. The building was converted into a mansion but later reverted to being a nunnery. It was disestablished as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536.

Cannington Court incorporates some of the remains.

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