Kersal Priory

{{Short description|Listed building in Greater Manchester, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Use British English|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox building | name = Kersal Priory | alternate_names = St Leonard's | image = Kersal Cell, Whitewater Drive, Salford - geograph.org.uk - 7870040.jpg | image_size = | image_alt =  | image_caption = The building in 2017 | coordinates = {{coord|53.51019|-2.28861|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB|display=title}} | address = [[Kersal]], [[Salford]], [[Greater Manchester]], England | pushpin_map = Greater Manchester | years_built = {{circa}} 16th century with later additions | material = [[Timber-framed]] with plaster infill, [[sandstone]] | floor_count = 2 | designations = {{Designation list | embed = yes | designation1 = Grade II* Listed Building | designation1_offname = Kersal Cell | designation1_date = 31 January 1952 | designation1_number = {{NHLE|num=1386144|short=y|postscript=none}} }} }}

'''Kersal Priory''', also known as St Leonard's, is a priory in [[Kersal]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=45104 |title=Kersal Priory or Kersal Cell |website=Pastscape |access-date=31 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407084232/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=45104 |archive-date=7 April 2014}}</ref> a district of [[Salford]] in [[Greater Manchester]], England. It is classed as an [[alien priory]] or hermitage, and was populated by [[Cluniac monks]]. The priory was dependent on Lenton in [[List of monastic houses in Nottinghamshire|Nottinghamshire]]. Founded between 1145 and 1453, it was granted title by [[Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester]] sometime after 1143, became denizen independent from 1392, and was dissolved in 1538. One of the buildings, '''Kersal Cell''', is still extant; a [[Grade II* listed]] building,<ref>{{NHLE|num=1386144|desc=Kersal Cell|access-date=24 May 2024}}</ref> it is now a private residence.

==See also== *[[Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester]] *[[List of monastic houses in Greater Manchester]] *[[List of monastic houses in England]] *[[Listed buildings in Salford]]

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[[Category:Alien priories in England]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in the City of Salford]] [[Category:Grade II* listed houses in Greater Manchester]]