Conishead Priory is a large Gothic Revival building on the Furness peninsula near Ulverston in Cumbria. The priory's name translates literally as "King's Hill Priory".[1] Since 1976, the building has been occupied by a Buddhist community.
^Eilert Ekwall (1922). The Place-Names of Lancashire. Manchester University Press.
ConisheadPriory is a large Gothic Revival building on the Furness peninsula near Ulverston in Cumbria. The priory's name translates literally as "King's...
of the Lakes’. In the 14th century Augustinian canons from nearby ConisheadPriory built a small chapel on the island to serve the needs of travellers...
and control over Manjushri Institute. Manjushri Institute purchases ConisheadPriory, a neglected Victorian mansion in Ulverston, England is purchased for...
situated at ConisheadPriory in Cumbria, England from 1976 until its dissolution in 1991. In 1991 its assets, including ConisheadPriory, were transferred...
Tashi Tsering. The Manjushri Institute, a large Buddhist college at ConisheadPriory in Cumbria, was founded in 1976 under the guidance of Thubten Yeshe...
panelling removed from Canon Winder Hall, Flookburgh, a chimneypiece from ConisheadPriory, and a pair of Baroque barley-sugar columns. In the Paley and Austin...
Monastic houses in England include abbeys, priories and friaries, among other monastic religious houses. The sites are listed by modern (post-1974) county...
Cardew Lodge Castle Head Cliburn Hall Clifton Hall Cockermouth Castle ConisheadPriory Coniston Hall Corby Castle Cowmire Hall Dalemain Dallam Tower Dalton...
Buddhist Community). The Manjushri Institute, a large Buddhist college at ConisheadPriory in Cumbria, was founded under the guidance of the Tibetan Gelugpa monk...
headquartered in the Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre whom purchased ConisheadPriory in 1976. Buddhism is Ulverston's second largest religion after Christianity...
to run to Bardsea and beyond, but the rails never got closer than ConisheadPriory, about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north. The line closed in 1917. Bardsea...
at Grizedale Hall POW camp. He suffered a stroke and died at nearby ConisheadPriory Military Hospital. He was later reburied at Cannock Chase German Military...
Georgia Stanway Jubilee Bridge, linking Barrow Island and Walney Island ConisheadPriory, near Ulverston Piel island and castle Scenery near Broughton in the...
Rinpoche. According to Richard Spanswick, "Since taking up residence at ConisheadPriory, Kelsang has been working to produce a complete set of instructions...
stripped much of its interior features to use at his main house of ConisheadPriory at Ulverston. He then rented the hall out to handloom weavers before...
Sir Jeffry Wyatville (born Wyatt). His two major commissions were ConisheadPriory (1821–36), a large Gothic Revival mansion in Lancashire and Wynyard...
Historic England, "ConisheadPriory (1270176)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 October 2012 History, ConisheadPriory, retrieved 20 October...
Barrow-in-Furness Power Station Roose Furness Abbey Dalton Lindal Ulverston to ConisheadPriory to Lakeside River Leven Cark and Cartmel Wraysholme Halt Kents Bank...
were Furness Abbey, Calder Abbey, the nunnery at Seaton Priory, Shap Abbey, ConisheadPriory and Calder Abbey). In addition, Scottish (Catholic) influence...
for the chapel built here in the 14th century by monks from nearby ConisheadPriory to serve the needs of travellers and fishermen on the sands of Morecambe...
riots. He was appointed commissioner for the survey of Cartmel Priory and ConisheadPriory in 1536: Sir Thomas Wharton wrote approvingly of him to Cromwell...
Hesketh of Rossall Hall, Fleetwood 1821 Thomas Richmond Gale Braddyll of ConisheadPriory, Ulverston 1822 James Shuttleworth of Barton, near Preston 1823 Thomas...
Coniston Torver Woodland Broughton-in-Furness Other North Lonsdale Crossing ConisheadPriory Newby Bridge Halt Greenodd Boot Sandside Moss Bay Cart Siding...
the Fleming estate in Rydal and Loughrigg, monastic land such as the ConisheadPriory estate at Baisbrown, a small freehold estate in Little Langdale, and...
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