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Saint Mary Merton Site (London, England)


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    • Augustinian Priory of Saint Mary Merton Site (London, England)
    • Augustinian Priory of St. Mary Merton Site (London, England)
    • Merton Abbey Site (London, England)
    • Merton Priory Site (London, England)
    • St. Mary Merton Site (London, England)
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    • found: Work cat.: Millar, P. The Augustinian priory of St Mary Merton, Surrey, 2007:p.xvii (The Augustinian priory of St. Mary Merton, Surrey, was founded on its present site in 1117; excavations between 1976 and 1990 uncovered much of the medieval priory) p. 2 (the former site of the Augustinian priory of St. Mary Merton is occupied by Sainsbury's supermarket and a hotel; the centre of the site lies in Colliers Wood, London Borough of Merton)
    • found: Wikipedia www site, 6 June 2008:Merton Priory page (Merton Priory was founded in 1114 by Gilbert Norman, Sheriff of Surrey under Henry I; it was located in Merton, Surrey, England, now the Colliers Wood area in the London Borough of Merton; the Priory was demolished in 1538, under Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries; the site of the Priory is now occupied by Sainsbury's Merton branch)
    • found: Heritage Trail www site, 6 June 2008:Merton Priory page (Formerly one of the great priories of England, Merton Priory was founded in 1114; the buildings were systematically destroyed in 1538, with several hundred tons of the stone quarried away for the construction of King Henry VIII's new Nonsuch Palace; the ruinous site, referred to as "Merton Abbey", eventually became lost among later developments; the majority of church foundations now lie beneath the access roads to the Savacentre complex)
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    • 2008-06-11: new
    • 2008-12-20: revised
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