The Mill of the Black Monks near to Monk Bretton Priory
© Alan Whitehead (view gallery)
Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century, Monk Bretton Priory and its associated mill fell into disrepair. The Mill was built adjacent to the River Dearn, which was prone to flooding and depositing silt onto the surrounding land. Over 500 years the land level rose by 6 feet, burying nearly half of the building. When a local architect bought the mill in the late 1980s, he undermined the building to the original foundations, and set a series of Hydraulic jacks to lift the building bodily to the present day land level. Following a sympathetic restoration, the building is now a pub / restaurant (Covid 19 not withstanding). 
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Monk Bretton, South Yorkshire
© Tom Curtis (view gallery)
Monk Bretton has been a settlement since medieval times and was originally known as just 'Bretton'. It is sometimes thought to have taken its name from the twelfth-century Adam fitz Swain de Bretton, whose family owned much land in the area and who also founded Monk Bretton Priory. Image cannot be loaded
Monk Bretton South Yorkshire
© Tom Curtis (view gallery)
Monk Bretton is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire. It lies approximately two miles north-east from Barnsley. Image cannot be loaded
