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A manor house was later built; the Priory church was demolished at an unknown date, prior to 1760. The 2001 history provides these specifics: "the buildings were adapted as the manor house of Earls Colne and Colne Priory manors". In 1935, many of the surviving tombs at Colne, some with effigies, were
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The priory church is believed to have been "a magnificent building, twice the length of the parish church, with twin towers at the western end and a bell tower in the centre". For 14 generations, the church was the family mausoleum of the Earls of Oxford and became full of their elaborate monuments.
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Evangelist (and also as the Priory of St. Mary and St. Andrew). Although specifics are few, there may have been an earlier minster on the site. During excavations between 1929 and 1934, a great deal of
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The house now on the site, also called Colne Priory, was built here circa 1825, after demolition of the manor circa 1820. It is not located exactly on the site of the original Priory. The current house incorporates sections of the Priory and of the post-Dissolution mansion. Some of the de Vere
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An archaeology team provided these specifics about additions to the medieval church: It "was... adapted by the addition of two chapels on the northern side of the presbytery and a third chapel to the south... to house the remains of members of the De Vere family".
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