St Bees Priory
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St Bees Priory is the parish church of St Bees, Cumbria, in England. There is evidence of a pre-Norman religious site, on which a Benedictine priory was founded by the first Norman Lord of Egremont Wi
St Bees Priory Church in 2008
Window showing the arrival of St Bega at St Bees
Remains of the 10th-century cross in the graveyard
Bucks' view of the St Bees Priory (1739), which shows the remains of the cloister, and the ruined chancel of the monastic church (right). The nave continued in use as the parish church after the monastery's closure in 1539.
St Bees Theological College
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St Bees Theological College, close to the coast of Cumberland, was the first independent theological college to be established for the training of Church of England ordinands. It was founded in 1816 b
The monastic chancel of St Bees Priory, which was roofed to become the main lecture room of the college (interior shown below)
The interior of the monastic chancel, which was the first lecture room