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Boxgrove Priory

Boxgrove Priory, at Boxgrove[?] in Sussex, was founded in about 1066 by secular canons, and came under Benedictine rule in 1105. It is dedicated to Saint Mary. The abbey church is still in use as a parish church. The monastery was dissolved in 1536.

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