Thornholme / Thornholm Priory

No individual entry found for this Thornholme in the Domesday survey. The priory is noted in the Victroria County History (Lincoln, vol. 2, 1906). The entry for this priory in Historic England [List Entry Number: 1017821] notes: "The Priory of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Thornholme was founded by King Stephen between 1148 and 1154. [...] Thornholme Priory [...] is a good example of a medium sized Augustinian foundation. It is well preserved with very little post-Dissolution disturbance, with the core of the priory surviving with substantial upstanding earthworks. Excavation has shown that much of the site, including those areas ploughed, retain undisturbed deposits extending over 1m below the modern ground surface. These deposits also included organic remains. The monument includes the buried and earthwork remains of Thornholme Priory, including the church, cloister and other inner court buildings as well as the service buildings of the outer court. [...] the priory was suppressed in 1536 [...] diarists of the late 17th century mentioned that substantial standing remains of the priory still survived over a century later. By the late 17th century a small farm was established on the site, centred to the north west of the church. This farm was ruinous by 1954. [...] The priory church is cruciform in plan".