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Little survives of the priory. Following the dissolution, a house was built on the location of the western arm of the cloister. This house is also known as Felley Priory. The core of the house dates from the 15th and 16th-centuries and is thought to incorporate some old masonry from the priory. It
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Felley Priory: The ultimate lesson in the value of planting hedge, Country Life, July 9, 2017
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