Skendleby Priory

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Skendleby Priory was a priory in the village of Skendleby, Lincolnshire, England.

The believed remains of St James Chapel, Skendleby Priory, were uncovered during archaeological investigations and excavations in 2005. It was a small cell to Bardney Abbey built by Walter de Gant, and recorded by Bede in the seventh century.{{cite web|title=Lincs To The Past|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/Chapel-of-St-James-and-possible-religious-house--Skendle|work=St James Chapel, Skendleby|publisher=Lincolnshire Archives|accessdate=3 June 2011}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Bardney Abbey was founded no later than 697, but destroyed by a Danish raid in 869.{{cite web|title=British History Online|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37990|work=Houses of Benedictine Monks|publisher=Victoria County History|accessdate=3 June 2011}}

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