Frampton Priory

{{Short description|Former priory in Dorset}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Frampton Priory''' was a [[Order of St. Benedict|Benedictine]] [[priory]] in England, near the village of [[Frampton, Dorset|Frampton]] in [[Dorset]] and mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]]. The priory was subordinate to the [[Abbey of Saint-Étienne, Caen|Abbey of Saint-Étienne]], in [[Caen|Caen, Normandy]].

The land on which the priory stood was given to the Browne family after King [[Henry VIII]]'s [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]]. Robert Browne built his residence Frampton Court at the priory's former location in 1705.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chedzoy |first1=Allan |title=The Curse of Frampton |url=https://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/2011/11/the-curse-of-frampton/ |website=Dorset Life |publisher=Dorset Life Magazine |access-date=22 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Morgan |first1=Duane |title=Frampton Priory |url=http://www.historicalsocietyframpton.org/ThePriory.html |website=Frampton Dorset History |publisher=Frampton Historical Society |access-date=22 July 2020}}</ref> Frampton Court was demolished in 1932.<ref>{{cite web |title=Frampton |url=https://www.opcdorset.org/FramptonFiles/Frampton.htm |website=Dorset Online Parish Clerk |publisher=Dorset OPC Project |access-date=22 July 2020}}</ref>

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[[Category:Monasteries in Dorset]]