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Swavesey Priory was a medieval monastic house in Cambridgeshire, England.
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Swavesey
Coordinates: 52°17′51″N 0°00′00″E / 52.2975°N 0.0°E
Swavesey is a village lying on the Greenwich Meridian in Cambridgeshire, England, with an approximate population of 2,480. The village is situated 9 miles to the north west of Cambridge and 3 miles south east of St Ives.
Listed as Suauesye in the Domesday Book, the name Swavesey means "landing place (or island) of a man named Swaef".
History
Swavesey, forming a historical parish of 3982 acres on the border with Huntingdonshire, lies on a narrow clay ridge rising to 18 metres above sea level at one time surrounded by fenland. The village was of importance during the early Middle Ages as the centre of a large 11th-century estate. A castle was built here in the late 11th or early 12th century, though is believed to have been derelict by 1200. Swavesey served as a port and subsequent market town and was fortified at the end of the 12th century.
An alien priory was founded in Swavesey shortly after the Norman Conquest, possibly replacing a Saxon minster.
