| Aldermanshaw Priory | |
| Order: | Cluniac |
| Established: | C.1220-35 |
| Disestablished: | In ruins c.1450 |
| Mother: | Bermondsey Abbey |
| Diocese: | Diocese of Lincoln |
| Location: | Woodhouse,[1] Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, England |
| Map Type: | Leicestershire |
| Coord: | 52.726°N -1.258°W |
| Remains: | None. Materials may have been reused in later house on the site. |
Aldermanshaw Priory is a former Cluniac Priory, located within the Charnwood Forest, in Leicestershire, England.
Aldermanshaw Priory was founded c.1220-1235. It was a cell (a small monastery dependent upon a motherhouse) of Bermondsey Abbey, in London. The name is thought to refer to Alwin (or Alwinus) Child, the founder of the priory's motherhouse at Bermondsey.[2]
The priory was in ruins by 1450.
The priory was in the hamlet of Woodhouse. In the 17th century a cottage, known as Alderman's Haw, was built on the site. The age of some of the stones used to construct the two-story rubble cottage suggests it may incorporate materials from the earlier priory.[3] [4]