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Isleham Priory Church, the Glossary

Isleham Priory Church, located in Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England, is a Benedictine alien priory built around 1100 AD.^[1]

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Alan Rufus

Alan Rufus, alternatively Alanus Rufus (Latin), Alan ar Rouz (Breton), Alain le Roux (French) or Alan the Red (c. 1040 – 1093), 1st Lord of Richmond, was a Breton nobleman, kinsman and companion of William the Conqueror (Duke William II of Normandy) during the Norman Conquest of England.

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Alien priory

Alien priories were religious establishments in England, such as monasteries and convents, which were under the control of another religious house outside England. Isleham Priory Church and Alien priory are Alien priories in England.

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Ancient monument

An ancient monument can refer to any early or historical manmade structure or architecture.

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Apse

In architecture, an apse (apses; from Latin absis, 'arch, vault'; from Ancient Greek ἀψίς,, 'arch'; sometimes written apsis;: apsides) is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome, also known as an exedra.

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Benedictines

The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (Ordo Sancti Benedicti, abbreviated as OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict.

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Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.

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Clunch

Clunch is a traditional building material of chalky limestone rock used mainly in eastern England and Normandy.

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Denny Abbey

Denny Abbey is a former abbey near Waterbeach, about north of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England. Isleham Priory Church and Denny Abbey are English Heritage sites in Cambridgeshire, Grade I listed churches in Cambridgeshire, monasteries in Cambridgeshire and scheduled monuments in Cambridgeshire.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places.

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Hundred Years' War

The Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the Late Middle Ages.

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Isleham

Isleham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Cambridgeshire.

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Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

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Linton, Cambridgeshire

Linton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, on the border with Essex.

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List of monastic houses in England

Monastic houses in England include abbeys, priories and friaries, among other monastic religious houses.

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Listed building

In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection.

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Margaret the Virgin

Margaret, known as Margaret of Antioch in the West, and as Saint Marina the Great Martyr (Ἁγία Μαρίνα) in the East, is celebrated as a saint on 20 July in Western Christianity, on 30th of July (Julian calendar) by the Eastern Orthodox Church, and on Epip 23 and Hathor 23 in the Coptic Orthodox Church.

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Ministry of Works (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Works was a department of the UK Government formed in 1940, during the Second World War, to organise the requisitioning of property for wartime use.

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Norman architecture

The term Norman architecture is used to categorise styles of Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans in the various lands under their dominion or influence in the 11th and 12th centuries.

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Pembroke College, Cambridge

Pembroke College (officially "The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College or Hall of Valence-Mary") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.

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Reformation

The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation and the European Reformation, was a major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic Church.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isleham_Priory_Church

Also known as Isleham Priory.

Isleham Priory Church, the Glossary

Table of Contents

Alan Rufus

Alien priory

Ancient monument

Apse

Benedictines

Cambridgeshire

Clunch

Denny Abbey

England

English Heritage

Hundred Years' War

Isleham

Limestone

Linton, Cambridgeshire

List of monastic houses in England

Listed building

Margaret the Virgin

Ministry of Works (United Kingdom)

Norman architecture

Pembroke College, Cambridge

Reformation

Saint-Jacut-de-la-Mer

Scheduled monument

Scheduled monuments in Cambridgeshire

See also

11th-century establishments in England

Alien priories in England

Churches in Cambridgeshire

English Heritage sites in Cambridgeshire

Grade I listed churches in Cambridgeshire

Isleham

Monasteries in Cambridgeshire

Scheduled monuments in Cambridgeshire

References