St Mary's Convent, Eccles

Grid reference

NT 762 412 (accurate position)

Six-figure easting & northing

376200 641200

Latitude

55.663737686661655

Longitude

-2.3783664235351742

Altitude (metres)

75

County

Berwickshire

Nearby places

Eccles, parish BWK (0.09 miles)

St Cuthbert's Church, Eccles (0.09 miles)

Ednam, parish (3.01 miles)

Stichill, parish (3.67 miles)

Hirsel, former parish, Coldstream (3.67 miles)

Object Classification

Antiquity

Ecclesiastical

Is linear feature?

No

Notes

NMRS records: St Mary's Convent of Cistercian Nuns is said to have been founded, for the second time, in 1156 (D E Easson 1957) (Although the Inventory, RCAHMS 1915, gives the date as 1165 this is not supported by its authorities, both of which agree with Easson). It was destroyed by the English in 1545, and secularised in 1609. The remains consist of two barrel-vaulted cells displaying on the north wall a blocked-up round-headed window and a small fragment of a string-course decorated with chevron ornament. A number of carved stones, including two Transitional-style capitals, lie about and an ancient font stands in the rose-garden of Eccles House. RCAHMS 1915; J Ferguson 1892; New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845.

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Relationships with other parishes

Within Eccles, parish BWK

Relationships with other places

Adjacent St Cuthbert's Church, Eccles