Guided Tour
Sunday 15th September 2024 14:00 Join us for a guided tour to learn about the founding of Gisborough Priory. The tour also explores the early development and how it became one of the richest Priories in the country. Discover the…
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Heritage Open Days
September 14th & 15th 10:00 – 16:00 Acle Early Medieval Re-enactment Society Acle’s Saxon village demonstrates life just before the founding of Gisborough Priory. Activities include Combat, including ‘kid’s combat’, Cooking, Coin Striking, Weaving, Spinning and Carding, Beekeeping and Beeswax crafts,…
Great Big Green Week -Gisborough Priory Project Events
Help Keep Our Space Green Thursday 13th June 10.00am – 4.00pm Gisborough Priory Project (GPP) is responsible for opening Gisborough Priory, an English Heritage Free to enter Site, and the adjacent woodland garden free of charge to the public, from…
Big Green Week
We are pleased to say that we are running a couple of free events in association with the Big Green Week. The first is one of our historic gardens tour, starting at 2:00 pm. You can find more details here.…
The Gyesburn Bible – an unlikely survival
Although it was dissolved in 1540 several books are known to exist which were once owned by Gisborough Priory. Most are service books and liturgical calendars and in various libraries and collections around the country. However, the Gyesburn Bible stands…
The Great Fire
On the 16th of May 1289 at a little before noon, and just as the Convent was gathering for a procession and mass, a fire broke out on the Priory Church roof. A “vile plumber”, engaged to repair holes in…
Heritage Open Day 2022
Sunday 11th Sept 2022 What Did the Priory Do for Guisborough? A Short Walk and Guided Tour starting at 2:00 pm at the hut in the Priory Grounds. There will be a poster and artefact display from 10:00 am to…
Our New Hedge
Recent visitors to the site will have seen that we have a new mixed native tree hedge. This has replaced the earlier boundary, which was old, broken, and diseased. In 2018 English Heritage began a project to replace the broken-down…
Snowdrop Weekend Take 2!
In view of the rather unpleasant weather last weekend, we are pleased to say that we are going to open the Priory again this weekend, to give you a second chance to see the snowdrops. Hopefully the weather will be…