Alnesbourne Priory, also known as Alnesbourn Priory, was a small

Augustinian Augustinian may refer to: *Augustinians, members of religious orders following the Rule of St Augustine *Augustinianism, the teachings of Augustine of Hippo and his intellectual heirs *Someone who follows Augustine of Hippo * Canons Regular of Sain ...

monastic house in the English county of

Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...

.Wilson.J.M (1872) 'Nacton', ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales''
available online
. Retrieved 2011-04-30. It was located near

Nacton Nacton is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The parish is bounded by the neighbouring parishes of Levington to the east and Bucklesham in the north. It is located between the towns of Ipswich and Felixs ...

to the south-east of

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line r ...

near to the

River Orwell The River Orwell flows through the county of Suffolk in England from Ipswich to Felixstowe. Above Ipswich, the river is known as the River Gipping, but its name changes to the Orwell at Stoke Bridge, where the river becomes tidal. It broadens into ...

and the current route of the A14. The priory was probably founded in the 13th century by Albert de Neville, possibly as a satellite of

Woodbridge Priory Woodbridge Priory was a small Augustinian priory of canons regular in Woodbridge in the English county of Suffolk. The priory was founded in around 1193 by Ernald Rufus and was dissolved about 1537 during the dissolution of the monasteries.Page. ...

.Page.W (1975) 'Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Alnesbourn', ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', p. 91
available online
. Retrieved 2011-05-01.Page.A (1844) 'Alnesbourn Priory', ''Topographical and Genealogical, The County of Suffolk''

. Retrieved 2011-05-01. It was annexed by the monks of

Woodbridge Woodbridge may refer to: Places Australia *Woodbridge, Western Australia formerly called ''West Midland'' *Woodbridge, Tasmania Canada *Woodbridge, Ontario England *Woodbridge, Suffolk, the location of ** Woodbridge (UK Parliament constituency ...

at some point in the 15th century, possibly 1466.Page.W (1975) 'Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Woodbridge', ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', pp. 111-112
available online
. Retrieved 2011-05-01.Brabner.J.H.F (ed) (1895) 'Alnesbourne Priory', ''The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5''

). Retrieved 2011-04-30.Lewis.S (ed) (1848) 'Allostock - Alnwick', ''A Topographical Dictionary of England'', pp. 39-44.
available online
. Retrieved 2011-05-01. The priory was "ruinous" by 1514, although remains of the priory church can be found in the walls of Alnesbourne Priory Country Club and form the basis for the listing of the building as a Grade II listed building.Alnesbourne Priory Country Club, Nacton
British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2011-05-01. The priory was in the old parish of Hallowtree or Halghetree, the church of which formed part of its holding. The village is mentioned in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...

of 1086 as a very small village with about four households (which was held by the church of Alnesbourn St Andrew before the

Norman Conquest The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, Breton, Flemish, and French troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conque ...

). One of these houses is likely to have been Pond Hall Farm.Alnesbourn
, Domesday Map. Retrieved 2011-05-01. At the time of the survey the village was held by

Roger of Poitou Roger the Poitevin (Roger de Poitou) was born in Normandy in the mid-1060s and died before 1140. He was an Anglo-Norman aristocrat, possessing large holdings in both England and through his marriage in France. He was the third son of Roger of Mon ...

. Alnesbourn Priory was an

extra-parochial area In England and Wales, an extra-parochial area, extra-parochial place or extra-parochial district was a geographically defined area considered to be outside any ecclesiastical or civil parish. Anomalies in the parochial system meant they had no chu ...

, it became a separate

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in 1858, on 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with Nacton, part also went to Ipswich. In 1931 the parish had a population of 36.

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