Bridlington Priory

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Priory Church of St. Mary, Bridlington,commonly known as Bridlington Priory Church is a parish church in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in the Anglican Diocese of York.
It is on the site of an Augustinian Roman Catholic priory founded in 1113.At the English Reformation Henry VIII was asked to spare it due to the the shrine of St John of Bridlington, but in vain.
The priory was dissolved in 1537 by Henry VIII during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
All the buildings were destroyed except the Nave which became the parish church (Church of England).
From 1846 the now Anglican parish began to raise funds to restore the church and it partially re-roofed, the west window was opened out and filled with stained glass; the interior was white-washed; and the east window also was filled with stained glass. Around 1874 the church employed Sir George Gilbert Scott to completed refurbish the church as it is today.
Assistant Curate
Jeanette Oates
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(note;This Priory was the priory of Roman Catholic priest-martyr St. John of Bridlington d.1379)
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Coordinates:   54°5'39"N   -0°12'6"E

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  • Henri VIII was a good fellow.
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