Newark Priory
Newark Priory is a ruined priory on an island surrounded by the River Wey and its former leat (the Abbey Stream) near the boundary of the village (parish lands) of Ripley and Pyrford in Surrey, England.
The remains of Newark Priory | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Augustinian |
| Established | between 1189-1199 |
| Disestablished | 1538 |
| Dedicated to | Virgin Mary and Thomas Becket |
| Diocese | Diocese of Guildford |
| Controlled churches | Old Woking, with its chapels of Horsell and Pyrford; Send; St. Martha, St Marth's Hill, Guildford; Wanborough; Weybridge; Windlesham with its chapel; Leigh all in Surrey; and Shipton with its (suspected near Snoddington Manor) chapel of Snodington, Hampshire. |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Rauld de Calva and his wife Beatrice de Saudes |
| Important associated figures | Richard Lipscombe, Lord Onslow |
| Site | |
| Location | Pyrford, Surrey, England |
| Coordinates | 51.3089°N 0.5068°W |
| Visible remains | Yes |
| Public access | No |
| Official name | Newark Priory: an Augustinian priory north of the River Wey |
| Designated | 20 November 1925 |
| Reference no. | 1008303 |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Official name | Ruins of Newark Priory |
| Designated | 14 June 1967 |
| Reference no. | 1377835 |
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