Breedon on the Hill Church, Leicestershire, England, U.K.
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GeoRams
N 52° 48.355 W 001° 23.994
30U E 607860 N 5851880
Sundial above door of Breedon on the Hill Church.
Great views over Derbyshire and Leicestershire.
Waymark Code: WM3H49
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/06/2008
Views: 40
The Priory Church of St Mary and St Hardulph was originally a monastery founded in about 676 on the site of an Iron Age hill fort. (see link). It was refounded as an Augustinian priory in the early 12th century. Before becoming a monastery it was a hermitage.
What is left of the abbey church contains the largest collection, and some of the finest examples of Saxon sculptures in Great Britain, as well as a fine family pew and Renaissance church monuments.