Handale Priory / Grendale

INFORMATION

Font ID: 22354HAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Cistercian Priory Church [disappeared]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: South Town Ln, Handale, Saltburn-by-the-Sea TS13 4UF, UK
Site Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the B1366, E of Liverton, 5-6 km SE of Saltburn-by-the-Sea
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC(?) priory church here)
Font Notes:
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

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

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.