{"id":677,"date":"2011-10-08T13:43:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-08T13:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=677"},"modified":"2011-10-08T13:43:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-08T13:43:00","slug":"thetford-priory-norfolk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=677","title":{"rendered":"Thetford Priory, Norfolk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_678\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-678\" style=\"width: 411px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Thetford805.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Thetford805.jpg\" alt=\"Gatehouse\" title=\"Thetford805\" width=\"411\" height=\"544\" class=\"size-full wp-image-678\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Thetford805.jpg 411w, http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Thetford805-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 411px) 85vw, 411px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gatehouse<\/figcaption><\/figure> <em>English Heritage.<\/em><br \/>\nThetford Priory was founded in the early 12th century  and was a burial place for Earls and Dukes of Norfolk, and a magnet for pilgrims.  Surviving parts include the lower walls of the church and cloister, and the impressive shell of the prior\u2019s lodging, and, further away from the main site, an almost complete 14th century gatehouse.<br \/>\nThe surviving ruins are impressive and quite extensive.  A pathway from the main site leads to the gatehouse.  The priory site is tucked away behind modern housing and may be awkward to find. Road access is at the S. end of Abbeygate. In the late afternoon, it seems to be a gathering place for the local youth, and when I was about to leave, I found that the lane leading to the car parking area was blocked by the police and a parked car, as the police obliged some scruffy individuals to help them with their inquiries.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_679\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-679\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Thetford806.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Thetford806-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Abbey ruins\" title=\"Thetford806\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-679\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abbey ruins<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English Heritage. Thetford Priory was founded in the early 12th century and was a burial place for Earls and Dukes of Norfolk, and a magnet for pilgrims. Surviving parts include the lower walls of the church and cloister, and the impressive shell of the prior\u2019s lodging, and, further away from the main site, an almost &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=677\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thetford Priory, Norfolk&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=677"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":681,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions\/681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}