Lanercost Local Nature Reserve

Lanercost Priory was founded by Robert de Vaux between 1165 and 1174, the most likely date being 1169, to house Augustinian canons. The priory is situated in the village of Lanercost, Cumbria, England, within sight of Naworth Castle, with which it had close connections. The medieval buildings used many convenient Roman stones from the nearby Hadrian's Wall. Apart from the church, the priory buildings are now ruins, but parts of the church are intact and remain in use. It is now open to the public and in the guardianship of English Heritage. The Lanercost Chronicle, a thirteenth-century history of England and the Wars of Scottish Independence, was compiled by the monks of the priory.

Location

Northumberland