Handale Priory / Grendale

INFORMATION

FontID: 22354HAN
Church/Chapel: Cistercian Priory Church [disappeared]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: South Town Ln, Handale, Saltburn-by-the-Sea TS13 4UF, UK
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the B1366, E of Liverton, 5-6 km SE of Saltburn-by-the-Sea
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
No individual entry for Handale found in the Domesday survey. The entry for this Cistercian priory in the Victoria County History (York, vol. 3, 1974) notes: "This small nunnery, under the invocation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was founded in 1133 (fn. 1) by William Percy of Dunsley, in the parish of Loftus-in-Cleveland. [...] The priory church is mentioned in a 1390 Boniface IX indulgence [ibid., fn7] " to those who on the feast of the dedication visited and gave alms for the conservation of the church and priory of Handale". The entry for the Handale Abbey Farmhouse in Historic England [Listing NGR: NZ7253915681] notes: "Farmhouse,mid C18. Remains of Cistercian Priory founded 1133 possibly incorporated in wing and outhouse adjoining right."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.531056, -0.880864
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 31′ 51.8″ N, 0° 52′ 51.11″ W
UTM: 30U 637124 6044675

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-09-19 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.