Ascot Priory is a priory in Berkshire

Berkshire

Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...

, England

England

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, established in 1861.

Early history

The community was established by Lydia Sellon in 1849 as the Society of the Most Holy Trinity, the second Anglican sisterhood

Sisterhoods (Modern Anglican)

Modern Anglican Sisterhoods are Orders of Nuns within the Anglican Church.-Dissolution:The dissolution of religious houses in England under Henry VIII swept away more than 140 convents, and the Anglican Church was left without sisterhoods for three centuries...

, to minister to the poor in the seafaring community of Devonport

Devonport, Devon

Devonport, formerly named Plymouth Dock or just Dock, is a district of Plymouth in the English county of Devon, although it was, at one time, the more important settlement. It became a county borough in 1889...

, hence their popular name, the Devonport Sisters. The Society expanded rapidly, and in the 1850s absorbed London communities, including the first-established, the Sisterhood of the Holy Cross ('Park Village Community').

External links

• Priory website
• http://peterite.blogspot.com/2009/09/vive-jesu-et-maria-at-ascot-priory-2009.html
• wikimapia
• http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/106943