History| Year 1 | The Priory - Local History Study
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When was the Priory Church built? | The Priory started to be built in 1132 by King Henry I, but it wasn’t finished until 1213. It is built in the Norman style and has a huge entrance with four arches. | |
How did they tell the time? | There is evidence to show that the Priory had one of the first mechanical clocks in England in 1283!. | |
Who was Henry VIII? | He was born June 28th 1491 in Greenwich and died in 1547 in London. He was the King of England and had 6 wives. This led to the Church of England splitting away from the Catholic Church, | |
What happened in the Civil War? | From 1642 to 1651, there was a civil war in England,. In June 1644, the king’s soldiers attacked the Priory and you can clearly see holes where their musket balls lodged in the oak door. | |
The Priory Church of St Peter - Why is it a significant place? | ||
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Significant | a person, event or place that has had changed people’s lives | ||
Priory | A place where monks live. | ||
Church | A building where Christians go to worship their God. | ||
King | Male ruler of a country. | ||
Queen | Female ruler of a country. | ||
Monk | A man who lives as a member of a religious community. | ||
Pilgrim | A person who travels to a holy place, like a special church. | ||
Norman | The Normans were in charge of England from 1066 to 1154. They built very large buildings in stone. | ||
Mechanical clock | A mechanical clock uses a wheel mechanism to measure the passing of time. | ||
Arch | An arch is a curved structure which can be over an opening like a door. | ||
Catholic Church | When Henry VIII was first the king, England was a Catholic country. This meant that the head of the church was the Pope. | ||
Church of England | After Henry VIII’s divorce from his first wife, he split England from the Catholic church. He became leader of the church, instead of the Pope, so it was known as the Church of England. | ||
Civil war | A civil war is when two groups of people in the same country fight each other. | ||
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King Henry VIII was a significant person in England. His divorce from his first wife was announced in Dunstable, and two of his other wives were imprisoned and executed in the Tower of London. | ||
Key Vocabulary
History | Year 1 | The Priory
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King Henry I founded The Priory Church | ||
It was founded in 1125 |
Key Vocabulary | |||
Significant | a person, event or place that has had changed people’s lives | ||
Priory | A place where monks live. | ||
Church | A building where Christians go to worship their God. | ||
King | Male ruler of a country. | ||
Queen | Female ruler of a country. | ||
Monk | A man who lives as a member of a religious community. | ||
Pilgrim | A person who travels to a holy place, like a special church. | ||
Norman | The Normans were in charge of England from 1066 to 1154. They built very large buildings in stone. | ||
Mechanical clock | A mechanical clock uses a wheel mechanism to measure the passing of time. | ||
Arch | An arch is a curved structure which can be over an opening like a door. | ||
Civil war | A civil war is when two groups of people in the same country fight each other. | ||
Catholic Church | Is one of the first group of christians who believe in God. | ||
Church of England | A religion that King Henry VIII had started that broke away from the Catholic church. | ||