Cannington Priory

Cannington Priory was a Benedictine nunnery established around 1138 and dissolved in 1536 in Cannington, Somerset, England.

Cannington Priory

Monastery information
Order	Benedictine
Established	c. 1138
Disestablished	1536
People
Founder	Roger de Curci
Site
Location	Cannington, Somerset, England
Grid reference	ST257396

Cannington Priory shown within Somerset
(grid reference ST257396)

It was attached to the Church of St Mary.^[1][2]

It was first populated by Benedictine nuns (from Dorset), who were later transferred to Colwich Abbey. The building was converted into a mansion but later reverted to being a nunnery.^[3] It was disestablished as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536.^[4]

Cannington Court incorporates some of the remains.^[5]