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St Botolph's Church and Priory
Heritage Open Day: A visit to St Botolph's Church and Priory combines a superb example of Norman architecture with a mid-19th-century church. Today, all that remains of St Botolph's Priory is the ruined nave of the church. This was the first Augustinian priory in Britain, built between 1100 and 1170. At the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s, the priory became a parish church and was badly damaged during the Civil War Siege of Colchester in 1648. Although ruined, the church continued to be used for burials in the 18th and 19th centuries. Several tombs are still visible, including those of Dr Roger Nunn (1783-1844), the first doctor to work at Colchester's earliest hospital in 1820, and William Warwick Hawkins MP (1816-68) an Essex railway builder.
Fri 11 Sep to Sunday 20 September
St Botolph’s Church and Priory, Priory Street, Colchester, Essex CO2 7EE
Fri 11 Sep:0930-1530; Sat 12 Sep:0900-1600; Sun 13 Sep:0930-1530; Mon 14 Sep:0930-1230; Tues 15 Sep:0930-1530; Wed 16 Sep:0930-1530; Thu 17 Sep:0930-1530; Fri 18 Sep:0930-1530; Sat 19 Sep:0930-1530; Sun 20 Sep:0930-1530; Free Entry.
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