Priory of St Cuthbert, Durham

Priory of St Cuthbert, Durham - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Durham Priory was a Benedictine priory associated with Durham Cathedral, in Durham in the north-east of England. Its head was the Prior of Durham. It was founded in 1083 as a Roman Catholic monastery, but after Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1540 the priory was dissolved and the cathedral was taken over by the Church of England. Read more on Wikipedia

type: monastery
date from: 1083

Source: en.wikipedia.org