 Remains of the south chapels of the priory church. | |
  Location within West Midlands county | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | The Priory of St Mary Magdalene of Sandwell |
| Other names | Communis Sancte Marie Madalena de Sandwelle |
| Order | Benedictine |
| Established | c. 1190 |
| Disestablished | 1525 |
| Dedicated to | Mary Magdalene |
| Diocese | Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield |
| Controlled churches | Ellesborough St Clement's (now All Saints') Church, West Bromwich (farmed from Worcester Priory after 1230) |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | William Fitz Guy of West Bromwich |
| Important associated figures |
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| Site | |
| Location | Sandwell Valley Country Park |
| Coordinates | 52°31′11″N 1°57′53″W / 52.5198°N 1.9648°W |
| Visible remains | Low walls indicating the plan of the priory church. |
| Official name | Sandwell Priory, a Benedictine monastery |
| Designated | 2 July 1974 |
| Reference no. | 1017763 |
| Public access | yes |
Sandwell Priory was a small medieval Benedictine monastery, near West Bromwich, then part of Staffordshire, England. It was founded in the late 12th century by a local landowner and was only modestly endowed. It had a fairly turbulent history and suffered considerably from mismanagement. It was dissolved in 1525 at the behest of Cardinal Wolsey – more than a decade before the main Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII.
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