# Lytham Priory

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English Benedictine priory

Lytham Priory Location within Lytham St Annes Monastery information Order Benedictine Mother house Durham Priory Dedicated to St Cuthbert People Founder Richard Fitz Roger Site Coordinates 53°44′39″N 2°58′36″W / 53.7441°N 2.9768°W / 53.7441; -2.9768 Grid reference SD3567227965

**Lytham Priory** was an English [Benedictine](/source/Benedictine) [priory](/source/Priory) in [Lytham](/source/Lytham), [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire).[1] It was founded between 1189 and 1194 by Richard Fitz Roger as a cell of [Durham Priory](/source/Durham_Priory).[2] It was dedicated to Saint [Cuthbert](/source/Cuthbert) and lasted until [Henry VIII](/source/Henry_VIII) [dissolved](/source/Dissolution_of_the_monasteries) the monasteries in the 1530s.[1] In the 18th century, a manor house, [Lytham Hall](/source/Lytham_Hall), was built on the site of the priory.[3]

## History

Lytham, a settlement recorded in the *[Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book)* of 1086 as *Lidun*, is situated on [the Fylde](/source/The_Fylde) coast, at the mouth of the [River Ribble](/source/River_Ribble).[2] By the 12th century, there was already a church at Lytham, dedicated to Saint [Cuthbert](/source/Cuthbert).[1] Between 1189 and 1194, Richard Fitz Roger of [Woodplumpton](/source/Woodplumpton) gave the church and his land at Lytham to the [monks](/source/Monk) of [Durham Priory](/source/Durham_Priory) for the foundation of a [Benedictine](/source/Benedictine) cell.[1] Richard already had a personal connection to Durham; he was said to have experienced two miracles ascribed to Saint Cuthbert (whose cult was centred at Durham) and had previously travelled there to give thanks for those miracles. This may have been his motivation for donating land to that priory.[1] It is unlikely that the monks of Durham held any land at Lytham up to that point.[4] As a house dependent on Durham, Lytham Priory was small, with only two or three monks at a time.[5]

Following the [Dissolution of the Monasteries](/source/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries) in the 1530s, the land occupied by Lytham Priory came into the possession of local landowner Cuthbert Clifton who built a house there in the 17th century.[6] This house was replaced by [Lytham Hall](/source/Lytham_Hall), built 1757–1764.[7]

## See also

- [List of monastic houses in Lancashire](/source/List_of_monastic_houses_in_Lancashire)

## References

**Citations**

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bho1908_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bho1908_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-bho1908_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-bho1908_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-bho1908_1-4) [Farrer & Brownbill (1908)](#Farrer), pp. 107–111

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Fishwick2_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Fishwick2_2-1) [Fishwick (1907)](#Fishwick), pp. 2–3

1. **[^](#cite_ref-HistoricSurvey_3-0)** [Lancashire County Council & Egerton Lea Consultancy (2006)](#Egerton), p. 1

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Fishwick65_4-0)** [Fishwick (1907)](#Fishwick), p. 65

1. **[^](#cite_ref-George33_5-0)** [George (1991)](#George), p. xxxiii

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Brazendale254_6-0)** [Brazendale (1994)](#Brazendale), p. 254

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Brazendale255_7-0)** [Brazendale (1994)](#Brazendale), p. 255

**Bibliography**

- Brazendale, David (1994), *Lancashire's Historic Halls*, Carnegie, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-85936-004-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85936-004-1)

- Dobson, R. B. (2005), *Durham Priory 1400-1450*, [Cambridge University Press](/source/Cambridge_University_Press), [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-521-02305-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-521-02305-X)

- Farrer, William; Brownbill, J., eds. (1908), ["Houses of Benedictine Monks — The Priory of Lytham"](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=38345), *A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 2*, [Constable](/source/Constable_%26_Robinson), [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [277574296](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/277574296)

- Fishwick, Henry (1907), *The History of the Parish of Lytham in the County of Lancaster*, Chetham Society, [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [4939041](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/4939041)

- George, David (1991), [*Records of Early English Drama: Lancashire*](https://archive.org/details/lancashire0000unse), [University of Toronto Press](/source/University_of_Toronto_Press), [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-8020-2862-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8020-2862-4)

- [Lancashire County Council](/source/Lancashire_County_Council) and Egerton Lea Consultancy (May 2006), ["Lytham St Annes Historic Town Assessment Report"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100821213520/http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/documents/historictowns/LythamComplete_LowRes.pdf) (PDF), *Lancashire Historic Town Survey Programme*, Lancashire County Council Environment Directorate, archived from [the original](https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/documents/historictowns/LythamComplete_LowRes.pdf) (PDF) on 21 August 2010, retrieved 27 June 2011

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v t e Buildings and structures in the Borough of Fylde Grade I Lytham Hall Grade II* Places of worship Lytham: St Cuthbert St John Kirkham: St Michael Grade II Burlingtons Bar By the Way Ivy House Lifeboat Memorial, Lytham Lifeboat Monument, St Annes Lytham Windmill Malt Kiln Farmhouse Railway Hotel, Kirkham St Annes-on-the-Sea Carnegie Library St Anne's Pier Places of worship Kirkham: St John the Evangelist St Annes-on-the-Sea: St Anne St Thomas Singleton: St Anne Weeton: St Michael Wesham: Christ Church Wrea Green: St Nicholas Unlisted Cartford Bridge The Cartford Inn The Eagle at Weeton HM Prison Kirkham Lytham Hospital Lytham St Annes Town Hall Shard Bridge Springfields Warton Aerodrome Weeton Barracks Places of worship Clifton (Lund): St John the Evangelist Demolished Lytham Priory Lytham Pier Listed in Bryning-with-Warton Elswick Freckleton Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton Kirkham Little Eccleston-with-Larbreck Lytham Medlar-with-Wesham Newton-with-Clifton Ribby-with-Wrea St Annes Singleton Staining Treales, Roseacre and Wharles Weeton-with-Preese Westby-with-Plumptons

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