Was It Really So Long Ago

By LincolnGreen

Binham Priory...

...where the monks attended Mass and eight other services throughout the day and night, starting around midnight with the service of Matins, and ending at 9.00 with Compline.

The monks sat in wooden stalls facing one another in the area immediately beneath the crossing tower. This area was separated off from the public nave by a stone screen.

The monks' cemetery lay beyond the east end of the church. An obituary detailing deaths between 1216 and 1253 includes the story of Alexander de Langley, prior of Wymondham, who became insane through over study (careful kids). Brought to Binham to live in solitary confinement, he was later buried in chains in this cemetery.

As far as the kids were concerned though, its ruined walls is a great place for hide and seek, plus the paper and crayons provided inside are great for brass rubbings

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