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Thicket Priory is a religious house in the civil parish of Thorganby, North Yorkshire, England, located about south east of York. It lies in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough. ==Description== A Benedictine priory for nuns stood on the site of Thicket Priory from the 1180s and was dissolved in 1539, its building being demolished in 1850.〔("Thicket Priory" ), ''National Monuments Record'', English Heritage. Retrieved 18 November 2011〕 There is also evidence of a devotion to ‘Our Lady of Thicket’ dating from this time. New monastic buildings were erected in the grounds of the former establishment, and these re-founded as a Carmelite monastery in 2009.〔Harris, Richard; ("York area nuns build new home at Thorganby" ), ''The York Press'', 2 January 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2011〕 The building that was used by the community until 2009 was erected as a country house between 1844 and 1847, and was sold by Lt Col Sir John Dunnington-Jefferson in 1955 to the Carmelite Sisters of Exmouth.〔("Living in harmony" ), the ''Yorkshire Post'', 21 August 2008. Retrieved 18 November 2011〕 This group of buildings holds three Grade II listed buildings: the former Priory itself,〔 its lodge, and coach house with stables and brewery, The building is currently (April 2013) up for sale, with an asking price of £3,000,000. As of January 2014, the estate had been reduced to £2,500,000. 〔http://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbyorsyos120193〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thicket Priory」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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