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The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity in Christchurch, Dorset, England is a 11th century church.

Christchurch town centre and the Harbour are overlooked by the 11th century Grade I listed Christchurch Priory. In 1094 a chief minister of William II, Ranulf Flambard, then Dean of Twynham, began the building of a Priory on the site of the original mission church and the town became known as Christchurch. In 1539, John Draper the last Prior of Christchurch, surrendered the Priory, and it was dissolved and the monastic buildings were pulled down soon after. The King had intended to pull down the church as well as the monastic buildings, but in response to a plea from the townspeople, supported by Prior Draper, he granted the church together with the churchyard to the churchwardens and inhabitants of Christchurch to be used as the parish church in perpetuity, a grant that was confirmed in 1612 by James I. The town is fortunate that the Christchurch Priory Cartulary, which cons...

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