Durham Priory

Priory of St Cuthbert, Durham

The cloister of Durham Cathedral
Monastery information
Order	Benedictine
Established	1083
Disestablished	1539
Mother house	Independent
Dedicated to	St Cuthbert
Diocese	Durham
Site
Location	Durham, County Durham, England
Visible remains	Intact
Public access	Yes

Durham Priory was a Benedictine priory associated with Durham Cathedral, in Durham in the north-east of England. Its head was the Prior of Durham. It was founded in 1083 as a Roman Catholic monastery, but after Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1540 the priory was dissolved and the cathedral was taken over by the Church of England.^[1]