St Bees Priory
West Door of St Bees Priory Church | |
Location in Copeland Borough Location in Cumbria | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Bega |
| Other names | Priory Church of SS Mary and Bega |
| Order | Benedictine |
| Established | Ca. 1130 |
| Disestablished | 1539 |
| Mother house | St Mary's Abbey, York |
| Diocese | Carlisle |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | William Meschin |
| Site | |
| Location | St Bees, Cumbria, England |
| Visible remains | Nave, tower crossing and transepts; still used as the parish church. Monastic chancel; formerly the theological college, now used as parish rooms |
| Public access | Yes |
St Bees Priory is the parish church of St Bees, Cumbria, in England. There is evidence for a pre-Norman religious site, and on this a Benedictine priory was founded by the first Norman Lord of Egremont William Meschin, and was dedicated by Archbishop Thurstan of York, sometime between 1120 and 1135.
From sculptural and charter evidence, the site was a principal centre of religious influence in the west of the county, and an extensive parish grew up with detached portions covering much of the Western Lakes.
The Priory was dissolved in 1539, and since then, the buildings have been the Anglican church of St Bees parish, and is now a Grade I listed building.
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