Dereham
Community ID: 
 
1712
 
Alternate Names: 
 
East Dereham
 
Region: 
 
2T
 
Corporate Status: 
 
Abbey
 
Date Founded: 
 
650-700 (circa)
 
Date Terminated: 
 
875-900 (circa) or 974
 
Foundation Information: 
 

According to one source the priory was founded by Anna, King of the Angles for his youngest daughter whom he made the first prioress. Other sources attribute the foundation solely to Withburga (Dugdale's Monasticon Volume 2, 176-177).

 
Secondary Sources: 
 

Medieval Religious Houses in England and Wales, p. 472
Victoria History of the County of Suffolk, volume 2:4
Dugdale's Monasticon Volume 2, 176-177.
Monastery of East Dereham, in Norfolk
'A mid-fifteenth-century book-list and inventory from East Dereham, Norfolk'

 
Miscellaneous Information: 
 

According to Dugdale, the monastery was destroyed by the Danes in 974. The memory of the foundation survived in place names that referred to S. Withburga (Dugdale's Monasticon Volume 2, 176-177)>

 
Admin. Notes: 
 

Look at VCH for details

 
Contributors: 
 
Bruce L. Venarde
 
Contributors Notes: 
 

Very obscure

 
Date Started: 
 
675
 
Date Finished: 
 
875
 
Length: 
 
149