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White Ladies Priory

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The Priory of St Leonard at Brewood is popularly known as White Ladies Priory, a reference to the white habits of the Augustinian canonesses who lived here from the late 12th century. White Ladies was never a particularly prosperous house, but it survived from the 12th century until it was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1538.


After the Dissolution a house was built onto the east end of the church. The future Charles II was given refuge here after the Battle of Worcester in 1651. From White Ladies he went on to nearby Boscobel House, and the historic Royal Oak. White Ladies house was demolished in the 18th century.

The only part of the priory still standing is the church. Parts of the presbytery and transepts survive, as do several medieval grave covers dating from the 12th to the 13th centuries.
Boscobel, Shropshire, England

About White Ladies Priory
Attraction Type: Abbey
Location: On a minor road just south of Bishops Wood. Junction 3 of the M54.
Website: White Ladies Priory
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