Stainfield Priory

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Stainfield Priory was a Benedictine nunnery at Stainfield in the North of Lincolnshire, England, between Wragby and Fiskerton.

A grassy field, its uneaven surface barely discernable, is bright green under a blue summer's sky. In the foreground are the bright yellow flowers of Rattle. A small brick chapel stands in the rear left corner of the field, and beyond that are a row of mature oaks. A gap in the row of trees gives a view of the frontage of Stainfield Hall
site of former Priory

The priory of St Mary at Stainfield was the only nunnery of the Benedictine order in Lincolnshire. It was a small establishment intended to house up to 20 nuns, founded in around 1154 by Henry or William Percy, which survived until the dissolution in 1536.[1][2]

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