Boxgrove Priory & Ruins, W Sussex - postcard Havant duplex postmark 1904

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Boxgrove Priory and Ruins, near Chichester, West Sussex
• Publisher:  none given
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  Edward VII half d. dark green shade [the earlier one]
• Postmark(s):  Havant duplex postmark [no. 344] Sep 13 1904
• Sent to:  Miss Earnwickes, 3 Hide Place, Vincent Street, Westminster
• Notes / condition:  has some wear due to postal use include bumped corners and edge wear but no major fault

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Boxgrove Priory, in the village of Boxgrove in Sussex, was founded in about 1066 by Robert de Haye, who in 1105 bestowed the church of St. Mary of Boxgrove upon the Benedictine Abbey of Lessay. In about 1126 upon the marriage of Robert's daughter Cecily, to Roger St. John the number of monks living at Boxgrove was increased from the original three to six, and by 1187 there were a total of fifteen. The nineteenth monk was added to the priory in about 1230 by William de Kainesham, Canon of Chichester. By 1535 the priory's possessions were worth £185 19s. 8d. gross, and £145 10s. 2½d. clear.

The ruins are a Grade I listed building.^[1]

The Priory church is still in use as the Church of St Mary and St Blaise.^[2] The Battle of Britain Pilot Billy Fiske is buried in the churchyard.

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=sussex

number of items=single

period=pre - 1914

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