Norton Priory
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Norton Priory is a historic site in Norton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England, comprising the remains of an abbey complex dating from the 12th to 16th centuries, and an 18th-century country house; it is now
Foundations of the monastic buildings, and the back of the museum at left
Model of the abbey as it is thought it would have appeared in the 16th century
Engraving of the Tudor house from the west by the Buck brothers, dated 1727
Georgian house before 1868
Richard Brooke (Norton)
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Richard Brooke or Broke was an English landowner and navy officer.
Norton Priory
…1536, as part of the dissolution of the monasteries. Nine years later the surviving structures, together with the manor of Norton, were purchased by Sir Richard Brooke, who built a Tudor house on the site, incorporating part of the abbey. This was replaced in the 18th century by a Georgian house. The Brooke family…
Richard Brooke was captain of the Galley Subtle (depicted in the Anthony Roll), he captured Inchgarvie in 1544 and bombarded the field of Pinkie.
Broughty Castle