SILVER PLATED
SPOON
TEA SPOON
MARKED
TRADITION
SILVER PLATED
IMAGE
BRIDLINGTON PRIORY CHURCH
SIZE
119mm
CONDITION
SPOON GOOD CONDITION ,
BLACK BOX
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KNOWLEDGE / INFORMATION / HISTORY
Priory Church of St. Mary, Bridlington, commonly known as Bridlington Priory Church is a parish church in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. in the Diocese of York. It is on the site of anAugustinian priory founded in 1113 which was dissolved during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. In 1951 it was designated a Grade I Listed Building.
Bridlington Priory was founded around 1113 by Walter de Gant, for Augustinian Canons Regular, one of the earliest Augustinian houses in England, with an adjoining convent. Its foundation was confirmed in charters by King Henry I of England. The site had formerly been a Saxon church and nunnery. When complete, the building was over 400 ft long (120 m) and 75 ft wide (23 m), with a transept which was 150 ft long (46 m). The first prior is thought to have been called Guicheman or Wickeman