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Studley Priory, Oxfordshire

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22: 119:. The Bawtrees did not renew their lease in 1961; that year the Hendersons auctioned off their estate, including the priory. The priory was bought by the Parke family, who continued to run it as a hotel until 2004 when the business was placed in receivership due to mounting financial losses. The business failed to find a buyer and the Priory was sold for reconversion to a private house. 67:. The priory was declared closed by 1536, but appears to have experienced a brief revival before its suppression in 1539. The priory lands were sold to the Croke family. The family built the house now known as Studley Priory, which still stands in its 10 acres (4.0 ha) of grounds, in 1587; a member of the Croke family was a judge in the 94:
In 1947 the priory was leased by Raymond and Tessa Bawtree, who (with their partner, Wilma Hessey) ran it as a country-house hotel for the next 14 years. During that time, many eminent guests stayed there (including
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received a grant from Bernard of St. Walery. The nuns were unhappy to be served poor beef and new beer on Thursday and Sunday nights, and no
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William Page (editor), 'Houses of Benedictine nuns: The priory of Studley',
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Studley Priory in February 1984, during its time as a hotel
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Christian monasteries established in the 12th century
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Index

Long, two-story light-brown stone building
Benedictine
nuns
hamlet
Horton-cum-Studley
Oxford
Oxfordshire
England
priory
mutton
1649 trial
Charles I
estate
World War II
sanatorium
Royal Air Force
Adrian Boult
Gilbert Murray
Beverley Nichols
Sandy Wilson
C.S. Lewis
Joy
monastery
historical novel
John Buchan
Elsfield
filming location
Sir Thomas More
Robert Bolt
A Man for All Seasons

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