Latton Priory

Latton Priory was a small priory in Essex, England. Its site is about 1km south of the outskirts of the modern town of Harlow.

Latton Priory in use as a farm building.

The priory was founded before 1292 by an ancestor of Thomas Shaa as a community of Augustinian Canons Regular and was constructed on a moated site. The church was rebuilt in the 14th century and together with the dormitory, refectory and cellarer's range formed a square surrounding the cloisters.[1]

The site was abandoned in 1534, just prior to the Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII. The property was granted to Sir Henry Parker in 1536 but by 1556 had been united with the Latton Hall estate. In 1562 it became part of the Mark Hall estate, who sold it to a tenant after the Second World War.

During much of that time the priory site has functioned as a farm. The farmhouse is believed to stand on the site of the refectory and the remains of the church, a Grade II* listed building, have been incorporated into farm buildings.[2][3]

In 2013, proposals were made to build 2500 houses on the site. [4]

References
  1. Historic England. "Latton Priory (369749)". PastScape. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  2. "A History of the County of Essex: Volume 8". British History Online. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  3. Historic England. "LATTON PRIORY (1111392)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  4. "Welcome". Retrieved 24 April 2014.

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