Oulton Abbey, near Stone
A postcard showing Benedictine Abbeys in Britain, including Oulton Abbey (bottom right) and Caverswall Castle (top right) in Staffordshire.
The original building at Oulton Abbey, formerly Oulton House, ...
Ranton Abbey
The remains of Ranton Abbey are situated one mile to the west of Ranton, in a private wooded park. The fifteenth century church tower still survives.
The abbey was an Augustinian house, founded in ...
Ranton Abbey [Priory] - Remains of a doorway: sepia drawing
'Doorway at Ranton Abbey, Staffordshire,' showing a plain round Norman arch with a heavy hood moulding with boldly curled ends.'J. B.,' [John Buckler.]
Ranton Abbey [Priory] - The Tower: sepia drawing
'The Tower of Ranton Abbey, Staffordshire.' North west view showing a four staged tower with a west window of five lights, with two belfry windows and crenellated coping, and a doorway. A group of trees ...
Ranton Abbey [Priory]: pen and wash drawing
Showing a north west view of a four staged tower with a west window of five lights, with two belfry windows and crenellated coping, and a doorway (with a farm shed abutting). A group of trees on the ...
Ranton Abbey [Priory]: sepia drawing
'North West View of Raunton (sic) Church in the County of Stafford. Sir John Cope Bart., 1731. From Gough's Collection in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.' Showing a north west view of a four staged tower ...
Ranton Abbey [Priory]: sepia drawing
'South East View of Ronton (sic) Abbey, Staffordshire,' showing a plain Georgian house of three storeys on the left, and two storeys on the right. The Priory tower top is visible behind them.[The house ...
Ranton Abbey [Priory]: water colour painting
North west view showing a four staged tower with a west window and a doorway (with a farm shed abutting). On the right is an early Georgian house of brick with stone dressings. Anonymous, [W. Carter.]...
Refectory, Hawkesyard Priory, Armitage, Staffordshire
The Refectory was the Friars' eating area at Hawkesyard Priory. There are nine long tables and benches on raised flooring, with table cloths laid ready for a meal.
Photographer: Alfred McCann, photographer ...
Remains of Dieulacres Abbey: sepia drawing
'Remains of Dieulacres Abbey near Leek, Staffordshire.'1) Showing a small plan of the site, with the position of the remains of five pillars and a small chapel to the south east.2) Showing a piscina, ...
Remains of St. Thomas' Priory, Stafford
The priory dedicated to St. Thomas Becket was built on the banks of the River Sow in 1180.
During the Dissolution Henry VIII delayed the closure of St. Thomas' on payment of £133 6s 8d (the annual ...
Ruins of the Abbot's House, Croxden Abbey. Photographed by William Blake.
The ruins of the Abbot's house at Croxden Abbey, Nr. Alton, Staffordshire.
St. Benedict's Priory, Colwich
St. Benedict's was originally a house, built by Little Haywood architect Charles Trubshaw in about 1730. Trubshaw named the house Mount Pleasant. Over the years it was enlarged and eventually sold to ...
St. Benedict's Priory, Little Haywood
St. Benedict's was originally a house, built by Charles Trubshaw c.1730. Trubshaw named the house Mount Pleasant. Over the years it was enlarged and eventually sold to a group of French Benedictine ...
St. Dominic's School, Hawkesyard Priory, Armitage
St Dominic's School was housed in the late Josiah Spode's Hawkesyard Hall, alongside the newer Priory buildings which were begun in 1896, adjacent to the Trent and Mersey Canal near Armitage.
From ...
St. Mary's Abbey, Colwich
St. Benedict's was originally a house, built by Little Haywood architect Charles Trubshaw in about 1730. Trubshaw named the house Mount Pleasant. Over the years it was enlarged and eventually sold to ...
St. Mary's Abbey, Colwich
St. Benedict's was originally a house, built by Little Haywood architect Charles Trubshaw in about 1730. Trubshaw named the house Mount Pleasant. Over the years it was enlarged and eventually sold to ...
St. Mary's Abbey, Colwich
St. Benedict's was originally a house, built by Little Haywood architect Charles Trubshaw in about 1730. Trubshaw named the house Mount Pleasant. Over the years it was enlarged and eventually sold to ...