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Blyth, Nottinghamshire

Blyth is a village in the county of Nottinghamshire, in the Midlands of England, nort west of East Retford[?], on the River Ryton[?].

The priory church of St. Mary and St. Martin is one of the oldest examples of Norman architecture in the country. It was part of a Benedictine monastery founded in 1088. Blythe Hall[?] was built at the eastern end of the church and was demolished in 1972.

There is a stone building with a seven hundred year old doorway, said to have been built by the Knights Hospitaller of St. John of Jerusalem.

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